Enron Email

An app-first viewer for the Enron Email dataset. Part of the Enron Archive.

A live mirror is available at https://mail.enroncorp.com

Features

Core Functionality

• 151 employee mailboxes browsed from a remote dataset backend
• Pseudo-login system - Browse any account; stays logged in until logged off
• Folder navigation - Inbox, Sent Items, and custom folders per user
• Full email viewing - Read complete emails with headers, body, and attachments
• Attachment support - Download original files from emails (served from Hugging Face dataset)
• Authentic design - Matched to Enron's internet presence in mid-2001
• Static website - Pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (no server required)

Performance Optimizations

• Parallel JSON loading - 66% faster mailbox loading (3-5s vs 15s for large mailboxes)
• Folder caching - 98% faster folder switching (<10ms vs 500ms)
• Debounced search - 300ms delay prevents lag while typing
• Progress indicators - Loading feedback for better UX
• HTML sanitization - XSS protection on email content

Search & Navigation

• Full-text search - Search within email subjects, senders, and content
• Search result count - Shows "X results" when filtering
• Folder filter - Real-time search to find folders quickly
• Keyboard shortcuts:
  • J / K - Navigate up/down through emails
  • Enter - Open selected email
  • Escape - Close email / Clear search
  • S - Focus search box
  • Arrow keys - Select emails
• Page jump - Input field to jump directly to any page
• Two-row pagination - Previous/Next buttons on top row, page info and jump input below

Email Management

• Read/Unread tracking - Mark emails as read/unread with bullet indicator (●)
  • Blue bullet = unread
  • Gray bullet = read
  • Click to toggle status
  • Persists across sessions (localStorage)
• Star/Favorite system - Star important emails with ★/☆ icons
  • Click star to toggle
  • Persists across sessions (localStorage)
• Sorting options - Sort by date, sender, or subject
• Special folders - Inbox, Sent Items, and All Mail always visible at top
• Show more/less folders - Collapse folder list to show only first 10

UI Enhancements

• Responsive column widths - Subject (60%), From (20%), Date (20%)
• Word-breaking - Email addresses break at spaces to prevent overflow
• Collapsible recipient lists - Long To/Cc lists show "X more..." link
• Orange accents - Enron brand color (#ff9900) throughout
• Flexbox pagination - Prevents layout breaking on narrow screens
• UTF-8 support - Proper Unicode character rendering (★, ☆, ●)

Repository Structure

mail/
├── mailbox-app.js          # Main application logic
├── calendar-app.js         # Calendar and calendar-search integration
├── index.html              # Mailbox viewer interface

src/
├── mail.css                # Mailbox styling
└── [images]               # UI assets (buttons, icons, spacers)

index.html                  # Login page
search.html                # Comprehensive search page
legal.html                 # Legal notices

Data Source Architecture

• Mailbox JSON index files and split parts are fetched via /mail/:mailbox/index*.json and redirected at the CDN layer to:
  • https://huggingface.co/datasets/enronarchive/mail
• Attachment file requests under /mail/:mailbox/attachments/* are also redirected to the same dataset.
• This repository is now focused on viewer app code and static assets, while mailbox payload data is hosted externally.

Getting Started

Visit the live site at https://mail.enroncorp.com

Valid Accounts

• allen-p
• arnold-j
• arora-h
• badeer-r
• bailey-s
• bass-e
• baughman-d
• beck-s
• benson-r
• blair-l
• brawner-s
• buy-r
• campbell-l
• carson-m
• cash-m
• causholli-m
• corman-s
• crandall-s
• cuilla-m
• dasovich-j
• davis-d
• dean-c
• dean-c2
• delainey-d
• derrick-j
• dickson-s
• donoho-l
• donohoe-t
• dorland-c
• ermis-f
• farmer-d
• fischer-m
• fischer-m2
• forney-j
• fossum-d
• gang-l
• gay-r
• geaccone-t
• germany-c
• gilbertsmith-d
• giron-d
• griffith-j
• grigsby-m
• guzman-m
• haedicke-m
• hain-m
• harris-s
• hayslett-r
• heard-m
• hendrickson-s
• hernandez-j
• hodge-j
• hodge-j2
• holst-k
• horton-s
• hyatt-k
• hyvl-d
• jones-t
• kaminski-v
• kean-s
• keavey-p
• keiser-k
• king-j
• kitchen-l
• kuykendall-t
• lavorato-j
• lay-k
• lenhart-m
• lewis-a
• linder-e
• lokay-m
• lokey-t
• love-p
• lucci-p
• maggi-m
• mann-k
• martin-t
• may-l
• mccarty-d
• mcconnell-m
• mckay-b
• mckay-j
• mclaughlin-e
• merris-s
• meyers-a
• mims-p
• motley-m
• neal-s
• nemec-g
• panus-s
• parks-j
• pereira-s
• perlingiere-d
• pimenov-v
• platter-p
• presto-k
• quenet-j
• quigley-d
• rapp-b
• reitmeyer-j
• richey-c
• ring-a
• ring-r
• rodrigue-r
• rogers-b
• ruscitti-k
• sager-e
• saibi-e
• salisbury-h
• sanchez-m
• sanders-r
• scholtes-d
• schoolcraft-d
• schwieger-j
• scott-s
• semperger-c
• shackleton-s
• shankman-j
• shapiro-r
• shively-h
• skilling-j
• slinger-r
• smith-m
• solberg-g
• south-s
• staab-t
• stclair-c
• steffes-j
• stepenovitch-j
• stokley-c
• storey-g
• sturm-f
• swerzbin-m
• symes-k
• taylor-m
• tholt-j
• thomas-p
• townsend-j
• tycholiz-b
• ward-k
• watson-k
• weldon-c
• whalley-g
• white-s
• whitt-m
• williams-b
• williams-j
• wolfe-j
• ybarbo-p
• zipper-a
• zufferli-j

About the Enron Archive

The Enron Archive aims to preserve the information about Enron Corp. and its activities worldwide before the company's eventual demise. For more information, visit https://archive.enroncorp.com

License

This dataset is in the public domain as it was released by FERC during legal proceedings.