Maildir -> mbox conversion
Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:53:42 +0000
Maildir and mbox are two formats for storing e-mails locally. Both have strengths and disadvantages. If you want to convert all your mail from Maildir format to old, good mbox just issue the following script:
for a in .??*; do
echo $a
mb=${a/\./}
for msg in $a/new/* $a/cur/*; do
formail <$msg >>$mbs
done
done
You may ask: why revert to older, less flexible format? The answer is: speed (mbox is faster for many small messages).