mail-core - Apple Mail Local Data Technical Reference
Technical reference for reading Apple Mail data locally on macOS
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Updated: 2026-03-26Capabilities
Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- locate emlx files
- query SQLite database
- parse email messages
- extract body text
- identify account UUIDs
- filter automated messages
Inputs
- ~/Library/Mail/V10/
- Mail account UUID
- Message ROWID
Outputs
- email body text
- attachment filenames
- message metadata
- account information
Requirements
- macOS with Apple Mail installed
- Access to ~/Library/Mail/V10/
- Bash tool access