Hello I think something like this should work xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.domain.com:2,S That is, change @ into dot, remove ".eml", and add ":2,S" suffix (marking messages as read).
The message sizes are Dovecot extension, I guess mutt will not use them anyway. Best wishes Eugene Get BlueMail for Android On 10 Aug 2023, 04:49, at 04:49, H via Postfix-users <postfix-users@postfix.org> wrote: >On 07/31/2023 09:24 AM, Eugene R via Postfix-users wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Those "ugly characters" are there for a reason: they are specified by >the Maildir standard (and the Dovecot's extensions to it) to encode >various metadata such as message ID, size, flags, etc >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir >> https://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html >> https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/mailbox_formats/maildir/ >> >> Also, why the "filename esthetics" even matters? The maildir >directory is not supposed to be viewed (let alone directly accessed or >modified) by a user. Mail clients and Dovecot provide useful (as well >as format-independent and universal) human-oriented interfaces and >admin tools. >> >> Best wishes, >> Eugene >> >> On 31.07.2023 09:43, Fourhundred Thecat via Postfix-users wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am using Maildir format on my server (Postfix + Dovecot). >>> >>> The individual filenames have this format: >>> >>> 1690633510.M94611123819.mail,S=11706,W=12202:2,S >>> >>> Now, I have another, unrelated email account (not my mail server), >and I >>> have set up Thunderbird with local Maildir support. When I look >inside >>> the folder, the emails have this nice and clear format: >>> >>> for received: >>> >>> xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxx...@sender.com.eml >>> >>> for sent: >>> >>> xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxx...@recipient.com.eml >>> >>> how could I have such nice filenames on my server, with useful >>> information in the filename, instead of those ugly containing >special >>> characters like '=' and ':' ? >>> >>> Do the nioe filenames come from Thunderbird, or from the mailserver >? >>> >>> thanks, >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org > >I have a related problem where I have to merge several Thunderbird >maildir directory trees into maildir directory trees to be used by mutt >(and postfix). As noted above, Thunderbird does not follow the same >standard for naming mail files so I plan to write a script to rename >all Thunderbird mail files "appropriately". > >What would the "minimum" requirement be for components to include when >renaming these individual mail files? > >The script would have to extract the appropriate information from each >individual mail. > >Thank you in advance. > >_______________________________________________ >Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org >To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
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