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Analyze an Email Inbox

Import .mbox files for analysis.

The MBOX file format is a common format for mail servers. The data comes from the Apache public archives: https://lists.apache.org.

Import the inbox

Get information on MBOX file elements:

Define the elements for data import:

Wolfram Language code: fields = {"From", "ToList", "OriginatingDate", "Subject", "NewBodyContent", "MessageID"};

Import the data from the file:

Visualize each email in a Dataset:

Analyze the emails

Extract the dates for which the emails were sent:

Wolfram Language code: dates = ds[All, "OriginatingDate"]

Extract the body of emails:

Use StringLength and Total to sum the character length of emails:

Visualize the emails

Use DateHistogram to create a histogram for the time of day emails were sent:

Wolfram Language code: DateHistogram[dates, DateReduction -> "Day"]

Create a Histogram that shows the distribution of message lengths:

Wolfram Language code: Histogram[length, Automatic, "Probability"]