Re: Ugh! Ack! Argh! Nggh!

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Kai Großjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE> writes:

> Jonas Steverud <d4jonas@dtek.chalmers.se> writes:
> 
> > Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@itchy.serv.net> writes:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > Also, one question: What's a quick way to take an nnml folder and
> > > convert it to an mbox-compliant file so that I can reprocess it with
> > > procmail?  Or even a slow way?
> > 
> > % cat nnml-folder-dir/* > mboxfile
> > 
> > Or have I missed something vital?
> 
> I think you missed two things: the From_ lines and the file order.
> The From_ lines thing is probably vital...
> 
> Another possibility would be to use Gnus: create an nnfolder group and
> move all nnml messages there.  Take care that the nnml backend
> (server) and the nnfolder backend (server) are not using the same
> active file, though.


I think he just wants a spool file to run through procmail again.
In that case:  cd to Mail/nnmlgroup  then run:

sed 's/X-From-Line:/From/' `ls [0-9]*` >MBOX_OUT
NOTE: The second set of single quotes are back ticks.. not single
quotes : )

Gnus removes the "From " from the original "From line" and replaces it
with "X-From-Line:".  So let sed remove it and reinsert "From"

Test the new file with `mutt -f MBOX_OUT'. Or in gnus group buffer do `G
m f' (make nndoc group),to see if the new file is properly formatted,
if so ...  Run it back through procmail.