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Apple Mail

Collects Apple Mail.app artifacts including message metadata, EMLX files, account configuration, and AI categorization

mail.applePromacOS 10.12+v1.0.0communicationuseremail

Run this plugin

Trigger collection for Apple Mail on its own with the --plugin flag, or include it in a wider sweep by category.

# Just this plugin
macfor-pro collect --plugin mail.apple --output ./evidence.zip

# Dry run — list what would be collected
macfor-pro collect --plugin mail.apple --dry-run

Compatibility

  • macOS 10.12+

Licensing: ships in the macfor-pro binary. See Community vs Pro.

Artifacts collected (4)

Each row corresponds to an entry in the plugin's artifacts.yaml manifest. Optional artifacts are skipped unless explicitly enabled.

email

ArtifactFormatPathNotes
Envelope Index Database
envelope_index
sqlite~/Library/Mail/V10/MailData/Envelope Index
+4 more
  • ~/Library/Mail/V6/MailData/Envelope Index
  • ~/Library/Mail/V5/MailData/Envelope Index
  • ~/Library/Mail/V3/MailData/Envelope Index
  • ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope Index
—
EMLX Message Files
emlx_messagesOptional
text~/Library/Mail/V*/**/*.emlx—
Accounts Database
accounts_databaseOptional
sqlite~/Library/Accounts/Accounts4.sqlite—
Apple Intelligence Categorization
intelligenceOptional
sqlite~/Library/Mail/V10/MailData/Envelope Index—