.mbox
2 claimants
1 primary
1 secondary
unambiguous primary
SWH popularity
From the SWH-MSR-ARV dataset (Desmazières, Di Cosmo, Lorentz, MSR 2025; file nb_extensions_alphanum.csv) — one row per (ext, year) in the full SWH archive. Case-aggregated. citation.
16.1K
total occurrences
891
since 2019 (5.5%)
1979–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .mbox (16.1K), .MBOX (1), .Mbox (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to mbox as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: △ Linguist · secondary ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q285972 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (2)
Languages that list
.mbox among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| mbox | wikidata | primary |
| Edinburgh ML | linguist | secondary |
Wikidata says… (1)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.mbox on Wikidata
(property P1195) or in the Wikipedia infobox.
Source: data/derived/external_extension_index.csv.
Click Use as new PL on any row to open the
Add-PL form pre-filled with that entry's name, Wikipedia/Wikidata
URL, and this extension — one submission creates the PL + claim.
| Format | Class (Wikidata P31) | Suggested label | MIME | Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbox Q285972top match generic term for a family of related file formats used for storing collections of electronic mail messages | file format; file format family | — | application/mbox | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .mbox in our local mirror yet.