Re: converting from pine to mutt

2010-09-14 Thread sigi
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 01:10:13PM -0400, Thaddeus Morgan wrote: > 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.

Re: converting from pine to mutt

2010-09-14 Thread Thaddeus Morgan
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 wrote: > After rea

Re: converting from pine to mutt

2010-09-13 Thread j...@telefonica.net
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

Re: converting from pine to mutt

2010-09-13 Thread Kyle Wheeler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 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 option

Re: converting from pine to mutt

2010-09-12 Thread 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. I think I conver

Re: converting from pine to mutt

2010-09-12 Thread Toby Cubitt
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:06:22AM -0700, Michael Elkins wrote: > >2) What is the best way to store local copies of all messages? I'd > >like to read, sort, and compose responses to my mail while offline and > >I'd like to have a local copy of all my mail in case something goes > >horribly wrong wi

Re: converting from pine to mutt

2010-09-12 Thread Michael Elkins
Hi Thaddeus, On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:37:43AM -0400, Thaddeus Morgan wrote: After 16 years of using pine, I've decided to make the switch to mutt. Welcome! 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 a

converting from pine to mutt

2010-09-12 Thread Thaddeus Morgan
Hi all, [Just received an error about not sending in plain text, so trying again. Apologies if this is a repeated message.] After 16 years of using pine, I've decided to make the switch to mutt. I have tens of thousands of messages stored across hundreds of mbox files on my main account. I'm usin