mdconvert(1)

💅 mdconvert — the maildir glow-up tool

okay so bestie, welcome to mdconvert(1) 💖 this is a User Commands girlie, and she's here to give your mailboxes a whole new vibe. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

mdconvert — Maildir mailbox UID storage scheme converter 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mdconvert [options ...] mailbox ...

like. you give her options (or don't, she's chill) and then one or more mailbox paths. that's it. that's the whole entrance exam. 💅

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea ☕ — mdconvert converts Maildir mailboxes between the two UID storage schemes that mbsync supports. that's the entire job. she's not doing your taxes, she's not fixing your sleep schedule, she's converting UID storage schemes and she is iconic for it. 👑

for the deets on what these schemes actually are, go read mbsync's manual page — she said iykyk and honestly? she's right. 📖✨

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -a, --alt — convert to the alternative (Berkeley DB based) UID storage scheme. it's giving database energy. 🗄️✨
• -n, --native — convert to the native (file name based) UID storage scheme. bestie, this one is the default — if you don't say anything, this is what you get. main character behaviour fr fr. 👑
• -h, --help — shows you a lil summary of the command line options. she'll walk you through it, no judgment. 🫶
• -v, --version — spills the version info. that's it. that's the whole bullet. 💜

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• mbsync(1) — go read her. she knows things. 💫

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🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

Written and maintained by Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@users.sf.net>. thank you for your service king 🫡💖

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💀 quick reminder bestie: -n/--native is the default, so if you're not specifying a flag you're getting native. don't come for me later, i told you. 🙈

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this lil cutie is part of isync 1.5.1, dated 2025-03-11 — so go forth, convert those mailboxes, and slay 💅✨🌸🦋