Converting mbox to Maildir

[Claude Gagné]

Hi Neil,

It's exactly my situation. I'll give it a try as soon as I merge.

Thanks for your great help.

Neil Wilson a écrit :
> Claude Gagné wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> I need to convert emails in mbox to Maildir format. Anyone has 
>> something to suggest ?
>>
>> Thanks !
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> I use the two scripts attached to convert all the mailboxes in one go.
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> Just check the paths in convert.sh and rename files accordingly(remove 
> .txt etc :)
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> I normally put both of these under /usr/local/bin/
> then the only thing you need to change in it is...
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> spool=/var/spool/mail
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> Leave as is if your mboxes are here...
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> maild=/home/vmail
> Change to the location of your Maildirs, mine are /home/user/Maildir 
> so I just change this to...
> maild=/home/
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> Once it's done you need to change the permissions on your homedirs as 
> the users and the group gets changed to root.
>
> I use this all the time, hope it helps.
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> Neil
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