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Re: [svlug] mh-maildir -> mbox conversion

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Subject: Re: [svlug] mh-maildir -> mbox conversion
From: Florin Andrei <florin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:16:35 -0700
Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately it only sorta worked.  Some folders show as empty that
> should have messages in them, and other folders show some messages, but
> many (most) are missing.  I've visually inspected some of the mbox
> files, but they look ok, I think.

The method I use in this kind of situation is to create a temp account 
on an IMAP server (could be even localhost if it's running Linux), 
connect to it with the old MUA, copy everything (including the directory 
structure) to IMAP, then connect again with the new MUA and copy all 
that stuff back in. Should work even for local folders as long as the 
MUA allows you to copy messages between accounts, or rather between 
local folders and IMAP accounts (they all do).

This is guaranteed to be consistent and error-free (unless the MUA is 
awfully buggy), and it's not even too slow if the I/O is decent.

-- 
Florin Andrei

http://florin.myip.org/


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