Mail PassView is a tiny portable tool for recovering user names, passwords and other details for many popular email accounts and services.
The program supports Outlook 2000-2013, Gmail/ Hotmail/ MSN mail/ Yahoo! Mail (if the password is saved locally), Thunderbird (if the password isn't encrypted by a master password), Windows Mail/ Live Mail/ Outlook Express, IncrediMail, Eudora and more.
To use the program, just download and run it. Any details detected are displayed in a table containing the following fields: Account Name, Application, Email address, Email server, Server Type (POP3/IMAP/SMTP), User Name, and Password.
As usual with NirSoft tools, any recovered data can be saved in a text report for easy reference later.
There's also a simple command-line interface. Running mailpv.exe /stext c:\passwords.txt in a script, for example, saves all your passwords in the specified file without displaying an interface.
Please note: security software will sometimes highlight Mail PassView as a threat. This is because it could be used maliciously, for example by someone else to steal the passwords from your machine: the program isn't otherwise dangerous in any way.
Version 1.91 is fixed to work with the latest versions of Mozilla Thunderbird.
Verdict:
A very simple way to recover forgotten account details, perfect if you need to set up a new email client and you've forgotten servers, user names, passwords and so on.
Your Comments & Opinion
Get tray notifications for your Microsoft email accounts
Get tray notifications for your Microsoft email accounts
Add a fully featured calendar and task list to Thunderbird with this free extension
Keep your Outlook mailboxes synchronised between two or more computers
Backup and restore Microsoft Outlook data with ease
Comprehensive fully-featured security suite
Go way beyond the usual antivirus basics
Keep your PC malware-free with this mid-range security suite
Protect your personal privacy with this exceptionally thorough security tool
Protect your privacy by clearing program and Windows' logs