What is a .MAB file?
MAB is a Mozilla/Thunderbird address book in the Mork format.
- Did you know
- MAB stored Thunderbird contacts before it moved to SQLite.
- MAB files use Mozilla’s Mork database format, named after the alien character in the sitcom “Mork & Mindy”.
- Mork was so awkward that even its own creator disowned it, and Thunderbird eventually moved its address book to SQLite.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more email, calendar and contact files: Outlook for Mac archives (.olm) and templates (.oft), S/MIME .p7m/.p7s, Mozilla Mork stores (.msf/.mab), Eudora/Outlook Express mailboxes (.mbx/.toc), phone backups (.vmg SMS, .vnt notes), XML/JSON iCalendar and vCard (.xcal/.jcal/.xcard/.jcard), LDIF (.ldi) and legacy address books (.pab/.wab/.abbu).
- Depth of analysis
- .MAB is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .MAB file
- Drag a .MAB file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.