mbox2maildir(1)

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version 31 · 3 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💌 mbox2maildir — the manual, but make it cute

okay bestie, gather round, because we're about to talk about mbox2maildir(1), a lil user command that does exactly one thing and does it slay. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

mbox2maildir — convert an mbox to a maildir using Python's libraries 💖

no cap, that's the whole gig. she converts. she's a converter. iconic behaviour honestly.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

mbox2maildir MBOX MAILDIR

two args, in, out, done. the way that it literally could not be simpler. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea: mbox2maildir converts an mbox to a maildir. that's it, that's the plot. 🎀

under the hood she's a very simple wrapper around Python's mailbox library — so she's not doing any wild custom parsing, she's just letting Python do her thing, and honestly? queen shit. 👑

and here's the part that matters for real life: the maildir may already exist, and if it does, the messages in the mbox just get added to it. no wiping, no drama, no "oops i deleted your inbox." she's additive, she's respectful, she's a considerate icon. 💖

also, if you're out here living that old-school life, you might know mb2md — the venerable one, the OG. well, mbox2maildir is an alternative to mb2md, because mb2md fails to process some mboxes that are out there. 😭 not me showing up with a Python library to fix the vibes. some mboxes just be like that and mb2md said "no <3". so here we are. 🔥

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • None. — literally none. zero. nada. she takes no flags, no switches, no little dashes of anything. the vibes are the options. ✨

💀 BUGS 💀

hopefully different to those of mb2md. 🙈

that's the whole section. i know. i KNOW. but that's genuinely what it says and i am not about to invent bug reports for a manpage, that would be lying and lying is not the vibe. the aspiration here is different bugs, which is honestly the most relatable bug policy i've ever read. 🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read those if you want the full lore. iykyk. 📚

💜 AUTHOR 💜

mbox2maildir was written by Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>. 🫶

and the suggestion of using the Python mailbox library for this purpose is due to Daniel Kahn Gillmor. credit where credit is due, bestie, we love a collaborative origin story. 🌟

🎀 a lil sign-off 🎀

this page came to you via perl v5.40.1 on behalf of the Debian Project, and it's serving mbox2maildir(1) energy. go forth, convert your mailboxes, be free. mwah. 💅🌸🦋💖

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