Hi, * Christian Brabandt wrote:
> I have been doing something like this using mutt. For those that > understand German I have once documented this approach here: > http://blog.256bit.org/archives/345-Mutt-als-Mailbox-Konvertierer.html Regarding that entry: compressed folders support is not in the mainline. > in short: > you create a simple muttrc file like this: [...] > and then start mutt like this: > > mutt -F muttrc_convert -f mbox_file > > This won't touch your original mbox file only read it and then store > your mails in the desired format at ~/mutt_archive as either Maildir, > MH, mbox or MMDF depending on your output format. Two comments: First, mutt does more than is necessary when saving messages or opening folders, so a formail+procmail combination may be more suitable. To speed things up a little, you should try to use the -n switch and see if that speeds things up a little. Rocco
