Hello, As for exporting, the web client we've worked on will do that for you in almost-mbox format (it's plain text, just one message strung after the next) - it'd be trivial to make it real mbox format, and I've been planning on doing that, but haven't had the need for it personally yet, so it's not done. :) I plan on writing an mbox import function too, but haven't started that at all. It wouldn't take a lot of time, but we've been working largely on other projects for a few months now (one of which is our new mail system, so we'll probably be working on the web client soon after it's up, including adding postgres support).
http://wedbmail.dsp-services.com/ if you want to take a look at it. It of course doesn't get functionality in the core of dbmail, but... ---- Original Message ---- From: Shane Kerr <dbmail@dbmail.org> To: dbmail@dbmail.org Subject: Re: [Dbmail] Status update please Sent: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 09:23:05 +0200 > On 2002-09-06 16:44:13 +1200, Mark Mackay wrote: > > > > - Import from user's mbox and IMAP folders :: I for example have 12 > > imap mailboxes, which I had to hack mbox2dbmail to support mbox > > delivery, write a wrapper scan my homedir. This worked but as it used > > dbmail-smtp it was really slow. Uni-one converter needs to be updated > > to support this functionality IMHO. > > > > - [low prio] Export to mbox format :: got to be a good selling point > > for newbies who want to try but need an exit clause > > Actually, this second one is preventing me from using dbmail for my home > setup. > > The thing is, I have e-mail archived going back to 1993 or so. At that > time, I was using MS-DOS, dialing into a Solaris box. If I had stored > my mail in either a proprietary Solaris format (e.g. some DBM variant) > or using DOS program (e.g. DBASE IV) then I would either have to write > some program to decipher the message format or just not be able to read > it. > > So for archiving, I like plain text. I *could* do something as simple > as using mysqldump, which gives you almost plain text, but I'd like to > be able to do something like: > > $ dbmail-user2mboxen username password directory > > I've been planning on putting together a Perl or Python script to do > this, but to be honest have been unable to pull myself away from > Civilization III. :( > > > [I'm happy to present patches for this functionality, but am getting a > > bit disheartened as so far none of my patches seem to be being adopted > > or even being discussed]. > > If you have a utility for either of the above, please send them my way! > > -- > Shane > Carpe Diem > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > Dbmail@dbmail.org > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > -- End Original Message -- -- Jesse Norell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
