Re: splitting mbox files
mb2md in sid
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 14:14:00 -0500
ScruLoose <scruloose+debuser@eastlink.ca> 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.
>
> Cheers!
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