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Re: splitting mbox files



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.

	Cheers!
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