Emailchemy

Converts proprietary emails to standard portable formats
Homepage:	http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/
License:	Commercial
Platforms:	Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
Function:	De-Duplication,File Format Migration,File Management,File Recovery
Content type:	Email
Appears in COW:	Appraise email and other large, unstructured text collections

Description

Emailchemy is a Java-based cross-platform tool for email conversion, migration and management. The tool converts emails from closed proprietary file formats (including some less supported legacy email applications) to standard durable plaintext portable formats (such as RFC-2822 or CSV files) that can be analyzed, archived, imported into IMAP-compatible email applications or uploaded to Google Apps. Additional utilities support message de-duplication, email archive splitting/merging and sorting, and email address harvesting functions.

Developer/License

COMPANY: Emailchemy is offered by Weird Kid Software LLC, an independent software development company founded in 1999, specializing in Java software development with a focus on email conversion, email archival, and email migration solutions.

LICENSE: Available for purchase in three versions: Personal-Individual, Personal-Household and Forensic-Technician. Downloaded tool runs in demo mode (with subject and sender masked in converted emails) until unlocked with a registration key, deliverable upon purchase.

TRADEMARKS: USPTO Trademark Record Registered August 10, 2010

Platform

Emailchemy runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms.

Documentation and User Support

The Weird Kid Software site Support webpage contains a link to the User Manual for Version 12.0 of Emailchemy.

Additional Emailchemy webpages contain FAQs, Feedback, News and Tips.

User Experiences

• On the effectiveness of Emailchemy for email format migration from a software engineer at Harvard University https://groups.google.com/d/msg/digital-curation/srt-oIVwAGU/ExH2kAb9BgAJ
• Discussion of Emailchemy in DPC Technology Watch Report 11.01 (Prom, C. (2011). Preserving Email. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.7207/twr11-01

• CODE4LIB Listserv 2005 Post

• Softonic 2013 User Review

• MacUpdate User Discussion Posts

• Download.com User Reviews

Development Activity

Developer Version History: http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/versionhistory.html

Developer Posts: http://www.weirdkid.com/blog/2014/07/14/emailchemy-12-1-8-release-fixes-gui-and-entourage-bugs/ http://www.weirdkid.com/blog/2013/08/04/emailchemys-new-de-duplication-feature/