{"id":179,"date":"2016-01-16T02:39:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T01:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.munerotto.it\/?p=179"},"modified":"2016-10-20T01:54:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T00:54:27","slug":"maildir-to-mailbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.munerotto.it\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"Maildir to Mailbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

\"Mdir<\/a>
Mdir 2 mbox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

STEP 0<\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

a) retrieve required util from<\/p>\n

https:\/\/github.com\/jooooooon\/maildir2mbox<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

(Also the perl helper file as in the instruction)<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

b.1) fix perl<\/p>\n

(from http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/doc\/server\/lj.install.perl_setup.modules.html<\/a> )<\/p>\n

From the root prompt on your server, invoke the CPAN shell:<\/p>\n

\n

# perl -MCPAN -e shell<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Once the Perl interpreter has loaded (and been configured), you can install modules with: install MODULENAME.<\/p>\n

The first thing you should do is upgrade your CPAN:<\/p>\n

\n

cpan> install Bundle::CPAN<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Once it is completed, type:<\/p>\n

\n

cpan> reload cpan<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now, enter the following command to retrieve the required modules:<\/p>\n

\n

CPAN> install DateTime::Format::Mail<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

Or<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

b.2)<\/p>\n

As stated in the previous link simply do<\/p>\n

\n

apt-get install libdatetime-perl libdatetime-format-mail-perl<\/code><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

STEP 1<\/h1>\n

(Create files and dirs)<\/p>\n

a)<\/p>\n

\n

mkdir \/tmp\/mymail<\/p>\n

mkdir \/tmp\/mymail\/mbox<\/p>\n

cp -r ~\/.local\/share\/evolution\/mail\/local \/tmp\/mymail<\/p>\n

cd \/tmp\/mymail\/local<\/p>\n

find . -type d > \/tmp\/mymail\/folderlist.txt<\/p>\n

cd \/tmp\/mymail<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The file \/tmp\/mymail\/folderlist.txt <\/em>contains lines such as.<\/p>\n

.\/cur
\n.\/tmp
\n.\/new
\n.\/.IT
\n\/.IT\/cur
\n.\/.IT\/tmp
\n.\/.IT\/new
\n.\/.Tempo libero.Comics
\n.\/.Tempo libero.Comics\/cur
\n.\/.Tempo libero.Comics\/tmp
\n.\/.Tempo libero.Comics\/new
\n.\/.IT.FSFE-europe
\n.\/.IT.FSFE-europe\/cur
\n.\/.IT.FSFE-europe\/tmp
\n.\/.IT.FSFE-europe\/new
\n.\/.Societa.ATTAC
\n.\/.Societa.ATTAC\/cur
\n.\/.Societa.ATTAC\/tmp
\n.\/.Societa.ATTAC\/new
\n.\/.Outbox
\n.\/.Outbox\/cur
\n.\/.Outbox\/tmp
\n.\/.Outbox\/new
\n…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While in the \/tmp\/mymail dir and do<\/p>\n

\n

\/tmp\/mymail$ grep cur folderlist.txt > folderlist1.txt<\/p>\n

\/tmp\/mymail$ awk -F”\/” ‘{ print $2 }’ folderlist1.txt > folderlist.txt<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

a.2)<\/p>\n

This step is required ONLY<\/b> if the name of at least one of the folders contains a blank (a space, like in “United Kingdom”).<\/p>\n

My wrap script can’t handle directory names with spaces, so those have to be processed by hand.<\/p>\n

To do that edit the file \/tmp\/mymail\/folderlist.txt<\/em> and cut that folder names one by one and paste them in a file named like \/tmp\/mymail\/ToBeProcessedByHand.txt<\/em> (what a name \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n

(I end up processing 34 folders automatically and 4 by hand.)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

b)<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

STEP 2<\/h1>\n

Download<\/a> the script<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

copy a paste in a file named md2mb_allfolder.sh<\/em> this:<\/p>\n

\n

#! \/bin\/bash<\/p>\n

FOLDERLIST=\/tmp\/mymail\/folderlist.txt
\nDESTPATH=\/tmp\/mymail\/mbox\/
\nABSOLUTE_EXE=\/home\/mune\/bin\/maildir2mbox
\nBASEDIR=\/tmp\/mymail\/local<\/p>\n

cd $BASEDIR
\nCOUNTER=1<\/p>\n

while IFS=” read -r FOLDERNAME; do
\necho “Processing “$FOLDERNAME” “$COUNTER” ”
\ncd “$FOLDERNAME”
\ncd cur
\nMBOXNAME=`echo $FOLDERNAME | cut -d “.” -f2-`
\n$ABSOLUTE_EXE > $DESTPATH$MBOXNAME
\ncd ..\/new
\n$ABSOLUTE_EXE >> $DESTPATH$MBOXNAME
\ncd $BASEDIR
\nCOUNTER=$((COUNTER + 1))
\ndone <$FOLDERLIST<\/p>\n

FOLDERNAME=”INBOX”
\necho “Processing “$FOLDERNAME” “$COUNTER” ”
\ncd cur
\nMBOXNAME=$FOLDERNAME
\n$ABSOLUTE_EXE > $DESTPATH$MBOXNAME
\ncd ..\/new
\n$ABSOLUTE_EXE >> $DESTPATH$MBOXNAME<\/p>\n

cd $BASEDIR<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Customize the wrap string to suit your directory structure.<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

STEP 3<\/h1>\n
\n

cd \/tmp\/mymail\/local<\/p>\n

<path_to_script>\/md2mb_allfolder.sh<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Federico Munerotto Jan 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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