Re: splitting mbox files
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 02:14:00PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 12:44:02PM +0000, Rus Foster wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Is there a program on debian that would let me split an mbox file into a
> > series of single files each containing an email? I've looked and found
> > mboxgrep but not sure if there is something else that would be better
>
> It kinda sounds like you want to switch from mbox to maildir.
>
> What worked for me was to use mutt to do the conversion:
> set mbox_type="maildir" in .muttrc
> tag * in your mbox, save 'em all to a new "folder" location...
> mutt will prompt you to create the new maildir
>
> Maildir format (by definition) has one message per file.
>
> There are probably scripts/utilities to do the job right at the command
> line, but like I say... that's what worked for me.
>
I'm not sure if this came from the standard repository, but there is a
package.
The program name is mb2md
> Cheers!
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