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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: About Outlook to Unix mailbox./KMAIL API
From:       Hans Dijkema <h.dijkema () hum ! org>
Date:       2000-07-31 18:10:49
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Johan,

I'll add it to the TODO list. Although it's not that easy to keep track
of the messages, as the message Id's are subject to change. 
Of course, it would be interested to have a checksum like ID
for each message in combination with the message's receipt date
or something. That way it could be possible.

Maybe an interesting feature for the kmail API?

kmailID mergeMessage(const char *folder, FILE *message)??
kmailID getId(const char*message)
bool existKmailID(const char *folder,kmailID)
bool addMessage(const char *folder,FILE *message)?

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kmail handles the mbox format a littlebit different from 
UNIX mail. This means, that the format I generate will
make UNIX mail see all senders as ahriman@material.world ;-).

Best regards,
Hans Dijkema






Op Mon, 31 Jul 2000, schreef u:
> Hello!
> 
> I was interested to read about your utility for converting Ms outlook
> folders to unix mailbox format. It was some interesting timing, since I have
> recently been advocating such functionality for the evolution mail client.
> 
> I would like to go a bit further than just converting the folders once
> though, I would like it to:
> 
> 1) 	be able to convert only new entries, i.e. get what is in outlook but
> not in te unix mailbox and copy only these entries.
> 2) 	be able to go the other way, copy entries from the unix mailbox to
> the outlook folders.
> 
> This way you would have a good system that would easily (if spawned from
> evolution/kmail/other) see to that you always have the same information in
> both your windows and your linux partition (for dual booters).
> 
> What do you think about this ? Is it easily done, now that you have made the
> foundational work ?
> 
> You say on your homepage that your utility is for kmail, but does not kmail
> use the standard unix mailbox format, and thus your utility is really a
> generic MS->Unix conversion  utility ?
> 
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Johan Stenfors
> 
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Groeten,
Hans Dijkema

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h.dijkema@hum.org

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