[ISSUE] convert from mailbox mail storage format to Maildir format

[ISSUE] convert from mailbox mail storage format to Maildir format

[hg2581]

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New issue by hg2581 on mblaze repository

https://github.com/leahneukirchen/mblaze/issues/273

Description:
I have recently come across your great set of utilities for mail messages stored in Maildir format. I have several very large archived collections of mail messages in mailbox format that I would like to convert into Maildir format since I switched from Thunderbird (messages in mailbox format) to SeaMonkey (where I have chosen the Maildir format) and Neomutt (Maildir format), all on Linux.

SeaMonkey does not use the standardized Maildir format where flags are stored as part of the filename but instead stores that information in .msf files. Neomutt, of course, uses the standardized Maildir format.

It would be great to have a utility that would convert an existing mailbox file to either one of the two Maildir formats mentioned above. Conversion from mailbox format is not straightforward since there are some edge cases that need to be handled.

Is this something you have considered? I have seen that you have a mexport utility that can export Maildir format mail messages to mailbox format but also having the opposite would be great.

Re: convert from mailbox mail storage format to Maildir format

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New comment by leahneukirchen on mblaze repository

https://github.com/leahneukirchen/mblaze/issues/273#issuecomment-3274142259

Comment:
use `mdeliver -M`

Re: convert from mailbox mail storage format to Maildir format

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New comment by leahneukirchen on mblaze repository

https://github.com/leahneukirchen/mblaze/issues/273#issuecomment-3274155288

Comment:
Potentially this requires implementing the mozilla headers: https://www.thunderbird-mail.de/lexicon/entry/235-x-mozilla-status-x-mozilla-status2/

Patches welcome.

Re: convert from mailbox mail storage format to Maildir format

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New comment by hg2581 on mblaze repository

https://github.com/leahneukirchen/mblaze/issues/273#issuecomment-3276305016

Comment:
> use `mdeliver -M`

Great, I will look at mdeliver! But, where do I find documentation on the various flags for all your mblaze utilities?

Re: convert from mailbox mail storage format to Maildir format

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New comment by leahneukirchen on mblaze repository

https://github.com/leahneukirchen/mblaze/issues/273#issuecomment-3276357215

Comment:
There are manpages for each tool.

Re: convert from mailbox mail storage format to Maildir format

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New comment by leahneukirchen on mblaze repository

https://github.com/leahneukirchen/mblaze/issues/273#issuecomment-3276357215

Comment:
There are manpages for each tool. https://man.voidlinux.org/mdeliver

Re: convert from mailbox mail storage format to Maildir format

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New comment by hg2581 on mblaze repository

https://github.com/leahneukirchen/mblaze/issues/273#issuecomment-3276655945

Comment:
> There are manpages for each tool. https://man.voidlinux.org/mdeliver

Thank you, had not thought of man...