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This file was processed as: Mailbox/MIME Entity
(archive/mbox).
Confidence | Program | Detection | Match Type | Support
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100%
| dexvert
| Mailbox/MIME Entity (archive/mbox)
| magic
| Supported |
100%
| dexvert
| Internet Message Format (text/imf)
| magic
| Supported |
1%
| dexvert
| Text File (text/txt)
| fallback
| Supported |
100%
| file
| Mailbox text, 1st line "From std-unix-request@uunet.uu.net Fri Sep 28 14:42:08 1990", ASCII text
| default
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100%
| TrID
| E-Mail message (Var. 2)
| default
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100%
| perlTextCheck
| Likely Text (Perl)
| default
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100%
| siegfried
| x-fmt/111 Plain Text File
| default
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100%
| detectItEasy
| Format: plain text[LF]
| default (weak)
| |
100%
| xdgMime
| application/mbox
| default
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