Mdir 2 mbox

Maildir to Mailbox

This is ok for every mdir to mbox conversion but it specially suited if you move from the evolution mail client to the thunderbird one.

Mdir 2 mbox
Mdir 2 mbox

STEP 0

 

a) retrieve required util from

https://github.com/jooooooon/maildir2mbox

(Also the perl helper file as in the instruction)

This perl script works for just a folder: if you have just one your done. I have many so I wrote a wrap for that script that automatically iterates from the folders with the intent to avoid manual working.

 

b.1) fix perl

(from http://www.livejournal.com/doc/server/lj.install.perl_setup.modules.html )

From the root prompt on your server, invoke the CPAN shell:

# perl -MCPAN -e shell

Once the Perl interpreter has loaded (and been configured), you can install modules with: install MODULENAME.

The first thing you should do is upgrade your CPAN:

cpan> install Bundle::CPAN

Once it is completed, type:

cpan> reload cpan

Now, enter the following command to retrieve the required modules:

CPAN> install DateTime::Format::Mail

 

Or

 

b.2)

As stated in the previous link simply do

apt-get install libdatetime-perl libdatetime-format-mail-perl

 

STEP 1

(Create files and dirs)

a)

mkdir /tmp/mymail

mkdir /tmp/mymail/mbox

cp -r ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local /tmp/mymail

cd /tmp/mymail/local

find . -type d > /tmp/mymail/folderlist.txt

cd /tmp/mymail

The file /tmp/mymail/folderlist.txt contains lines such as.

./cur
./tmp
./new
./.IT
/.IT/cur
./.IT/tmp
./.IT/new
./.Tempo libero.Comics
./.Tempo libero.Comics/cur
./.Tempo libero.Comics/tmp
./.Tempo libero.Comics/new
./.IT.FSFE-europe
./.IT.FSFE-europe/cur
./.IT.FSFE-europe/tmp
./.IT.FSFE-europe/new
./.Societa.ATTAC
./.Societa.ATTAC/cur
./.Societa.ATTAC/tmp
./.Societa.ATTAC/new
./.Outbox
./.Outbox/cur
./.Outbox/tmp
./.Outbox/new

While in the /tmp/mymail dir and do

/tmp/mymail$ grep cur folderlist.txt > folderlist1.txt

/tmp/mymail$ awk -F”/” ‘{ print $2 }’ folderlist1.txt > folderlist.txt

Now the file /tmp/mymail/folderlist.txt contains in each line the name of the folder to be processed (all the folders are hidden as their names begin with a dot).

 

a.2)

This step is required ONLY if the name of at least one of the folders contains a blank (a space, like in “United Kingdom”).

My wrap script can’t handle directory names with spaces, so those have to be processed by hand.

To do that edit the file /tmp/mymail/folderlist.txt and cut that folder names one by one and paste them in a file named like /tmp/mymail/ToBeProcessedByHand.txt (what a name 🙂 )

(I end up processing 34 folders automatically and 4 by hand.)

 

b)

Edit the file /tmp/mymail/folderlist.txt and remove the line for “cur” (the wrap script takes care of it).

 

STEP 2

Download the script

OR

copy a paste in a file named md2mb_allfolder.sh this:

#! /bin/bash

FOLDERLIST=/tmp/mymail/folderlist.txt
DESTPATH=/tmp/mymail/mbox/
ABSOLUTE_EXE=/home/mune/bin/maildir2mbox
BASEDIR=/tmp/mymail/local

cd $BASEDIR
COUNTER=1

while IFS=” read -r FOLDERNAME; do
echo “Processing “$FOLDERNAME” “$COUNTER” ”
cd “$FOLDERNAME”
cd cur
MBOXNAME=`echo $FOLDERNAME | cut -d “.” -f2-`
$ABSOLUTE_EXE > $DESTPATH$MBOXNAME
cd ../new
$ABSOLUTE_EXE >> $DESTPATH$MBOXNAME
cd $BASEDIR
COUNTER=$((COUNTER + 1))
done <$FOLDERLIST

FOLDERNAME=”INBOX”
echo “Processing “$FOLDERNAME” “$COUNTER” ”
cd cur
MBOXNAME=$FOLDERNAME
$ABSOLUTE_EXE > $DESTPATH$MBOXNAME
cd ../new
$ABSOLUTE_EXE >> $DESTPATH$MBOXNAME

cd $BASEDIR

Customize the wrap string to suit your directory structure.

Make it executable (chmod a+x <path_to_script>/md2mb_allfolder.sh ).

 

STEP 3

cd /tmp/mymail/local

<path_to_script>/md2mb_allfolder.sh

Federico Munerotto Jan 2016

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