On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 02:48:20AM +0000 or thereabouts, p wrote: > On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 04:17:43PM -0400, Richard wrote: > > Looking for a simple method of doing this: > > Main reason for the changes, lost 255,000 email in a mbox format. > > corrupted. > > <snip> > however, i just wanted to add that i use the "mbox" format, > but i just copy the "mbox" file into a new file at the end > of each year--to archive it. then, i delete the contents > of "mbox" and start with an empty one at the beginning of > the year. Or do it automatically with a nice little application called 'archivemail' available for Debian. I have mine setup to archive every 30 days, via a cronjob. I'm using mbox format, with mutt. > for example, i have these "mbox" files as yearly archives: > > txt_2005_mbox.txt > txt_2004_mbox.txt > txt_2003_mbox.txt Exactly and 'archivemail' one can append the month and gzip the data. In conjunction with grepmail, one has a great search facility for these archived e-mails. -- Regards Stephen +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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