mailsteward ☆
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Description:
Email management tool for Apple Mail and Postbox
Type: Cask  |  Latest Version: 18.2.2@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
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Aug 26, 2026 7:50pm 18.2.2 0 VERSION_BUMP 1ef4fc3f
Mar 4, 2026 7:17pm 18.2.1 0 VERSION_BUMP ad4d5ddd
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