The Mailbag Project Team is seeking feedback on a release candidate for the Mailbag Specification<https://archives.albany.edu/mailbag/spec/>. There are a few significant changes since the call for comments, including support for multiple email accounts. Detailed information is available in the release notes<https://archives.albany.edu/mailbag/spec/#release-notes>.

The feedback we've received thus far has been extremely helpful, and we welcome any further comments! Feel free to comment directly in the Google Doc<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BZHklc6MKktXJBPcvFvlxLRoX8lCidFemflppqpUQ7s> or open an issue on the Mailbag Github repo<https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/mailbag/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3ASpecification>. We hope to release a 1.0 version of the specification after addressing any feedback over the next few weeks.

Additionally, we have been busy developing the Mailbagit tool and quickly progressing towards an early release that we're hoping to make available sometime in the next month. If you're interested in following along, most of the work is happening in the develop branch<https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/mailbag/tree/develop> and you can also checkout the Github Project board<https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/mailbag/projects/1>. We hope to have a more directed call for contributors out soon.

We are also looking for sample email data for testing in PST, MBOX, MSG, or EML formats. If you have any examples to share, please reach out to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. If you have email that you're not able to share directly, we're also planning some guided testing opportunities.

Best,
Greg


Gregory Wiedeman
University Archivist
M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives
University at Albany, SUNY
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