Originally Posted by
asharpham
I'm still battling with this. I don't really understand how to implement some of these suggestions, especially when told to run a script. Where do I run it from and what do I call it?
Scripts are very widely used and so I suggest you read-up on how to use them:
The most important thing to note is that you must make the script executable with the chmod command (or via the Nautilus GUI).
You can call the script anything you like but when you run the script you should be in the same directory, otherwise you may have problems with the path to the file.
You generally run a script with the "./" prefix to the filename:
Originally Posted by
asharpham
Your link showed the contents of a single file, maildir2mbox. Instead, I suggest you should open this link: https://github.com/jooooooon/maildir2mbox
You will see three files listed, together with a "ZIP" button near the top. If you click on the "ZIP" button, this will allow you to download all three files together in one package.
Unzip (Extract) the file to a location of your choice, then you should see a folder containing the three files.
Edit file "dateRfc3339ToMbox.pl" as described in the README and in my earlier post #10.
Then run the script "maildir2mbox" as described in the "Usage" section of the README file. Note that if the scripts are in your path then you may not need to use the "./" prefix but if they are not included in your path then just try adding the "./" prefix. i.e.
Code:
cd /path/to/your/source/maildir
./maildir2mbox > /path/to/your/destination.mbox
p.s. Prior to running the scripts don't forget to make both scripts executable as mentioned earlier.
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