MPX is a completely configurable EMail/File Pattern Identification and Manipulation Utility. It allows the user to specify transformation tasks by defining sets, patterns, state transition graphs, and actions to perform. It can accept input from stored emails (via MAPI) and/or files. It can output to a DBMS (via ODBC) and/or files. It can be configured to parse emails (headers and text bodies) or perform transformations on files.