I ended up using a perl script called mb2md to convert from whichever mbox format I had (I don't know) to Maildir format. Seemed to work OK, but I don't have a fully functional mail system yet, so I haven't been able to test.
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:13 PM, j...@telefonica.net <j...@telefonica.net> wrote: > After reading your link about mbox... > > So, our Mutt use mboxcl format with a Content-Length: #### in headers. > > I will change to maildir format, each mail its own file, after make > backups of my mboxes. > > I think it should be posible inside Mutt to change from mbox to maildir. > > -- > Jose Angel Navarro Cortes > email: j...@telefonica.net > web: http://janc.es/ > Usuario Linux: #49178 > > El 10.09.13 10:09:19 > Kyle Wheeler dijo: >> On Sunday, September 12 at 07:16 PM, quoth Tim Gray: >> > On Sep 12, 2010 at 11:37 AM -0400, Thaddeus Morgan wrote: >> >> 1) What is the best method of converting a large number of mbox folder >> >> into Maildir folders? I've read that mutt's -f and -e options are >> >> suitable for doing this. Is there a best practice I should follow? >> > >> > Mutt can do it. >> >> Mutt *can* do it, but depending on the type of mbox folder, perhaps >> *shouldn't*. Mutt makes certain assumptions about your mbox folder's >> format that may not be correct, and can result in permanent (subtle) >> corruption of the messages (if mutt is wrong). The *best* way to >> convert from one format to another is to use a program designed for >> exactly the variant of mbox you have been using. >> >> See >> http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/mail-mbox-formats.html >> for details on the various formats of mbox. >> >> ~Kyle >> -- >> Everybody has to die... but I always believed an exception would be >> made in my case. >> -- William Saroyan >
