mb2md - understanding directories and locations

[Todd Slater]

On 10/30/06, wade at wadesmart.com <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
> 10302006 1908 GMT-6
>
> I have made some backup directories of my mail and I have been
> experimenting.
>
> For those who understand what they are supposed to look like (maildirs),
> after runing this command:
> mb2md -s /current_file_location -d /new_file_destination -R
> I have this:
>
> /new_file_destination/
>   /cur
>   /new
>   /tmp
>
>   /.Business
>     /cur
>      /1162256029.000000.mbox:2,S
>
>   /.Business_sbd.Awareness Life
>     /cur
>       /1162256082.000000.mbox:2,S
>
>
> What Im getting at is, Im not sure I understand what Im supposed to be
> seeing.
> It seems that under some of this folders there are /cur with items it
> them and under others, there isnt.
> I had folders that I used to store mail in when I used Thunderbird and
> then later in Evolution. Is this creating a /cur /new and /tmp under
> each and every folder?
>
> wade

Yes, maildir creates a directory structure with cur/, new/, and tmp/
for every folder. Obviously you have to tell the program where to find
your mbox files so it can convert them to maildir's.

Todd