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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 42537] conversion between mbox and maildir folders
From:       Martijn Klingens <klingens () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-03-27 19:17:02
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------- Additional Comments From klingens@kde.org  2003-03-27 20:17 -------
Subject: Re:  conversion between mbox and maildir folders

On Thursday 27 March 2003 10:45, you wrote:
> 7.) If "Folder" is a top-level folder (like inbox, sent-mail, etc.) then
> run the attached script with mbox2maildir.sh Folder

I know how the KMail folder structure is set up and I also know mbox2maildir.

What I did not know is that KMail apparently automatically detects upon 
startup that the folder changed format. I didn't dare to try that myself :)

Solves the issue for me, but I'll leave the report open for others as a GUI 
option is still a good idea to have.

PS: Why copy the mails to the temporary folder? At work we once converted 
quite a few mailboxes with contents from mbox to maildir when moving from 
sendmail to qmail and that worked perfectly. Saves a lot of steps and 
basically simplifies your steps to the following:

1. Stop KMail
2. Run mbox2maildir on the required folders
3. Start KMail again
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