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 10:42 pm
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>
> Hi Wade,
>
> On 10/30/06, wade at wadesmart.com <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -------- 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
>
> I don't know enough about what you're trying to do to help. My guess
> is that _sbd might mean 'subdirectory' and the the additional dots (.)
> refer to nested folders. Since you are switching from mbox to maildir
> I assume you'd have to update the rules in your mail client to reflect
> your new setup, but I don't know for sure. Does the mb2md script have
> an author/support option?
>
> The one time I switched from mbox to maildir I did it with mutt. I
> think I just opened my mbox file, but told mutt my mail type was
> maildir, selected all messages in my mbox and copied them to another
> folder and voila, I had them in maildir.
>
> Just curious, is there any particular reason you're switching? It
> sounds like you have a system set up, I'm just wondering about the
> cost/benefit analysis.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Todd
>

10312006 0715 GMT-6

I switched because I have over 4gb of mail and that was beyond
Thunderbirds
limit and when Evolution crashed recently and left me with a corrupted
mail box, I just decided to move to something more stable. This way no
single email cant cause a problem.

Wade