mailsteward ☆

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Description:
Email management tool for Apple Mail and Postbox

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 18.2@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: email archive backup apple-mail productivity

Install: brew install --cask mailsteward

About:
MailSteward is a robust email archiving solution that captures, organizes, and indexes emails from Apple Mail and Postbox. It stores messages in a local relational database, enabling powerful search capabilities and long-term data retention. This tool is essential for users requiring reliable email backup and retrieval without relying on cloud services.

Key Features:

Automatic email archiving from Apple Mail and Postbox
Full-text search across entire email history
Local SQL database storage (SQLite/MySQL)
Export capabilities to standard formats

Use Cases:

Compliance and legal discovery for business email records
Personal email backup and long-term storage management

Alternatives:

Mail Archiver X – Similar archiving focus but with different export options and database backends
Native Apple Mail search – Limited to local mailbox scope; lacks centralized database indexing

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