[Cialug] Mbox to maildir conversion

[Josh More]

I think that mb2md (or a predecessor) is what I used when I did this
back in 2001.  It worked just fine then.

Then again, that was quite some time ago.  Either way, file-based tools
should work fine.  I think an IMAP hack would introduce to many other
variables.  It would also make your transfer as fast as TCPIP sockets
instead at near disk IO speeds.



-Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC 
 morej at alliancetechnologies.net 
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>>> Tom Pohl <tom at tcpconsulting.com> 09/04/08 3:55 PM >>>
When I converted years ago, I used a script that looked like the one  
named mbox2maildir on this page:
http://home.uninet.ee/~ragnar/2md/

BUT doing some googling, this script looks pretty good (mb2md) :
http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/

-Tom

On Sep 4, 2008, at 3:49 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:

> I guess I am looking for something that works at the file level.   
> The disk or the installation seems to have bit the dust.  I'm  
> optimistically hoping to be able to recover the mbox files.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Nate
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Dave Weis
>> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 3:48 PM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Mbox to maildir conversion
>>
>> Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>>> We had a thread about this a couple months ago.  Has
>> anybody done this, and can you recommend a good program or script?
>>>
>>> More specifically, did the person doing it at that time
>> meet with success?  Are there different kinds or version of
>> mbox files or are they pretty consistent?
>>
>> I have used a script in the past that did IMAP copies from one mail
>> server to another that could be used if you don't find anything that
>> works at the file level.
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