[NCLUG] mbox -> maildir

[Bob Proulx]

grant at amadensor.com wrote:
> Has anyone converted mbox to maildir?  I am thinking about making this
> conversion, and would like to know if there are any things in particular I
> should be watching out for or careful of.

I use Maildir format and mbox format side by side routinely for my
daily email.  That is my main mailbox is Maildir format but other less
used folders are mbox format.  I use mutt as the MUA.  Since mutt can
read either mbox or Maildir format the way I convert messages from one
to the other is simply to visit the folder in mutt and then save all
of the messages into the other mailbox.

Additionally procmail can write to either mbox or Maildir folders, as
well as other formats.  It is nothing special there either.

There aren't any special gotchas to be aware of going from mbox to
Maildir format.  Nor the other way around really.  However mbox has
some mbox gotchas.  Lines that start with "From " are separators and
therefore need to be quoted.  When you get used to using Maildir
format files you will not see those quoted ">From " anymore.  You will
forget that mbox needs that quoting.  You will start to write lines