{"success":true,"data":{"ext":"dbx","name":"Outlook Express e-mail folder","description":"DBX is a mailbox file format used by Microsoft Outlook Express, a legacy email client developed by Microsoft for Windows. It stores messages and folder data for local email archives, imported mail, and account organization within Outlook Express and compatible recovery tools. The format is obsolete, and although generally safe to inspect, old DBX files may be difficult to open without specialized software or conversion utilities.","mime":[],"risk_level":"Safe","signatures":[{"hex":"CF AD 12 FE","offset":0,"sources":[{"name":"Gary Kessler","url":"https://www.garykessler.net/library/file_sigs_GCK_latest.html"}]}],"related":["wab","dci","eml","msf","msg","emlx"],"usage":{"python":"def is_dbx(file_path: str) -> bool:\n    \"\"\"Check if file is a valid DBX by magic bytes.\"\"\"\n    signature = bytes([0xCF, 0xAD, 0x12, 0xFE])\n    with open(file_path, \"rb\") as f:\n        return f.read(4) == signature","node":"function isDBX(buffer: Buffer): boolean {\n  const signature = Buffer.from([0xCF, 0xAD, 0x12, 0xFE]);\n  return buffer.subarray(0, 4).equals(signature);\n}","go":"func IsDBX(data []byte) bool {\n    signature := []byte{0xCF, 0xAD, 0x12, 0xFE}\n    if len(data) < 4 {\n        return false\n    }\n    return bytes.Equal(data[:4], signature)\n}"},"category":"Email & PIM"}}