mb2md - understanding directories and locations

[wade at wadesmart.com]

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: mb2md - understanding directories and locations
> From: "Todd Slater" <dontodd at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, October 30, 2006 7:51 pm
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>
> 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
>
> --

10302006 2012 GMT-6

Ok. So let me ask this then.
One of the folders I had set up in Evolution was titled business and
some subfolders under that.
 /Business
  Awareness Life
  Beryl
  Currency
  Wireless

   /Wireless
     LocustWorld
     WISP

     /WISP
       Linux
       WiMax
       WISP-Equip


That is how it looks now in the /fixmail folder.
After I run the mb2md I end up with

 /maildir
   /cur  0
   /new  0
   /tmp  0

   .Business_sbd
     /cur  0
     /new  0
     /tmp  0
   .Business_sbd.Awareness Life
     /cur  171
     /new  0
     /tmp  0
   .Business.sbd.Beryl
     /cur  23
     /new  0
     /tmp  0

Now, I guess what Im not totally getting is, I see that .Business_sbd
has three folders under it but it itself doesnt store mail, its just a
folder for other folders. Should I just copy all the mail documents
only as in Awareness Life, Beryl, Currency and Wirelss, plus the ones
under other sub folders and then just have mb2md run on those only? But
if I do that, how will my rules work in my mail client?

Also, every folder under has _sbd on the end of it.
Like .Business_sbd, .Business_sbd.Awareness Life, Business_sbd.Beryl and
so on.

Im just wondering what that _sbd is and can it be stripped off?

wade