It turns out that the Eudora mail files are "almost mbx." There are actually two files for each mailbox. One is mailbox_name.mbx and there's Mailbox_name.toc.
Why this is done, I'm not entirely sure. I think it keeps the info for attachments and the like. The problem is, even plain text emails, are then translated into HTML in Eudora. So no matter how you download it, it turns it into HTML. So when I tried to add some of my old backed up Eudora Pro mail folders to my current mail folders, they're all in HTML. Now I have mutt set up to use a text browser to show stuff like this, but I have to initiate it via a few key strokes, and it just gets annoying. I guess if I didn't hate KMail so much, and used that, I wouldn't have this grip. But I can't stand it, and mutt is more functional, and better suited for me. The same sort of issue may be the case with "Look out" Express mail folders, but think goodness I haven't had to use that since October of '98! tdh -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- T. Holmes | UNIXTECHS.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | UIN: 17021091 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | On Wednesday 14 November 2001 02:07, Tim Holmes wrote: | > From what I've read, and what I've played with, you don't need to make | > the Outlook Express mail file anything. You should be able to use it | > as is, and then port it to something you can use in *nix. | > | > http://freshmeat.net/projects/mbx2mbox/ | > | > I was looking for something to port Eudora Pro mail files to Linux, and | > had a bit of frustration and problems and then it didn't really do that | > well of a job. But check out that app above. Maybe it will work. | > tdh | | | According to chapter 7 of the Kmail manual Euroda Pro files are already in | the same format as Kmail. All you have to do is copy them over in the right | place. | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -----------------------------Uptime ------------------------------- 1:01AM up 22 days, 13:41, 2 users, load averages: 0.21, 0.09, 0.03 -------------------------------------------------------------------
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