Password Secrets of Popular Email Clients

June 1, 2019

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Most email clients like Outlook, Thunderbird, eMClient, Windows Mail etc save your mail login passwords so you don’t have to remember them every time.

This research article shows where these mail passwords are stored and how you can recover them if needed.

Password Secrets of Email Clients

Below is a comprehensive list of popular email apps, along with their encryption method, storage type and exact password location.

Note: For more technical & password recovery details, please click on Application name

Application	Encryption	Type	Password Location
Becky! Mail	Custom	File	C:\Users\[user_name]\Documents\Becky\[account_id]\Mailbox.ini
BetterBird Mail	SHA1 & Triple DES	File (JSON)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\[random_name]\logins.json
Claws Mail	AES-256-CBC	File	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Claws-mail\accountrc & passwordstorerc
eM Client	AES-256-CBC	File (SQLite)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\eM Client\accounts.dat
Epyrus Mail	SHA1 & Triple DES	File (JSON)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\athenian200\Epyrus\Profiles\[random_name]\logins.json
FossaMail	SHA1 & Triple DES	File (JSON)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\FossaMail\Profiles\[random_name]\logins.json
Foxmail v7.0	Custom	File	C:\Program Files\Foxmail 7.0\Data\Acccfg\Accounts.tdat
Foxmail v7.2	Custom	File	C:\Program Files\Foxmail 7.2\Storage\[email_adress]\Accounts\Account.rec0
IncrediMail	Custom	Registry	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Incredimail\Identities\*\Accounts_New
Interlink Mail	SHA1 & Triple DES	File	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Binary Outcast\Interlink\Profiles\[random_name]\logins.json
IPSwitch iMail	Custom	Registry	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch\Imail\Domains\[domain_name]\Users
Mail Commander	DPAPI	File	C:\mailcom\db\
Mailbird	AES-256-CBC	File (SQLite)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Local\Mailbird\Store\Store.db
Opera Mail	MD5 & Triple DES	File	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Opera Mail\Opera Mail\wand.dat
Outlook 2002-2010	DPAPI	Registry	HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\
Outlook 2013-2024	DPAPI	Registry	HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\[version]\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\
Poco Mail	Custom	File (INI)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Pocomail\accounts.ini
Postbox	SHA1 & Triple DES	File (JSON)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\PostboxApp\Profiles\[random_name]\logins.json
Sylpheed Mail	Plain	File (INI)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Sylpheed\accountrc
The Bat!	Custom	File	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\The Bat!\[email_address]\Account.CFN
Thunderbird	SHA1 & Triple DES	File (JSON)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\[random_name]\logins.json
Thunderbird Beta	SHA1 & Triple DES	File (JSON)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\[random_name-beta]\logins.json
Thunderbird Daily	SHA1 & Triple DES	File (JSON)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\[random_name-nightly]\logins.json
Thunderbird ESR	SHA1 & Triple DES	File (JSON)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\[random_name]\logins.json
Windows Live Mail	DPAPI	File (XML)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail\[random_name].oeaccount
Windows Mail (old)	DPAPI	File (XML)	C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\[random_name].oeaccount
Windows Mail App (Windows 10/11)	DPAPI	Windows Vault	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ActiveSync\Partners C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\4BF4C442-9B8A-41A0-B380-DD4A704DDB28\

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