Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 19:21:33 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wanted: mail-filter capable of the maildir-format Message-ID: <19971208192133.41658@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971208123941.22686A-100000@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk>; from Aled Treharne on Mon, Dec 08, 1997 at 12:44:17PM %2B0000 References: <19971206184553.58471@paert.tse-online.de> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971208123941.22686A-100000@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk>
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According to Aled Treharne:
> procmail (v3.11pre7) supports the maildir format, so long as you have
> your mail in maildir formats in the first place.
Where did you get that idea ?
My copy if 3.11pre7 supports only mbox and MH formats...
> On this not, does anyone know of an easy way of changing normal (?)
> mailboxes into maildir format? At the mo' I have to save the mail to a
Here is a script of mine to do that. You'll need Perl5 and the Mailtools
module (Mail::Internet).
> Pine 3.95 supports maildir format too. :)
Mutt supports it of course :-)
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Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #18: Tue Nov 25 22:32:12 CET 1997
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#! /usr/local/bin/perl -w
#
# Takes a proper mbox file and turn it into a Maildir mailbox
# suitable for Mutt
#
# Copyright © 1997 Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
# Use freely as long as you don't pretend being the author. No warranty
# whatsoever.
#
# Usage: mbox2maildir mbox maildir
#
# 1.1 17/3/97 roberto
# 1.2 idem distinguish between old and new messages, smarter
# count lines and output Lines: entry.
#
# $Id: mbox2maildir,v 1.3 1997/03/17 21:53:37 roberto Exp $
require 5.003;
use strict;
use vars qw($opt_h);
## -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
## Standard packages
##
use FileHandle;
use Sys::Hostname;
use Getopt::Std qw(getopts);
use File::Basename qw(basename);
## -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
## Found in Mail::Internet
##
use Mail::Internet;
use Mail::Util qw(read_mbox);
my $argv0 = basename($0);
my $version = sprintf("%d.%d", q$Revision: 1.3 $ =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/);
## -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
## Variables
##
my $hostname = hostname;
my $mess;
my $total_msgs = 0;
my %msg_count = (
new => 0,
cur => 0,
);
## -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
## Show usage
##
sub do_usage
{
print <<"EOTEXT";
$argv0: Mbox to Maildir conversion program
Version $version by Ollivier Robert <roberto\@keltia.freenix.fr>
Usage: $argv0 [-h]
Options: -h displays this message
EOTEXT
exit 0;
}
## -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
## Beginning of program
##
getopts ('h');
do_usage()
if (defined $opt_h or $#ARGV != 1);
my $mbox = shift;
my $maildir = shift;
print <<"EOTEXT";
$argv0: mbox to Maildir conversion program
Version $version by Ollivier Robert <roberto\@keltia.freenix.fr>
EOTEXT
die "File $mbox doesn't exist ! : $!\n"
if not -f $mbox;
die "Directory $maildir doesn't exist ! : $!\n"
if not -d $maildir;
if (not (-d "$maildir/cur" and -d "$maildir/tmp" and "$maildir/new"))
{
warn "Maildir folder without a proper structure, correcting...\n";
mkdir $maildir. "/cur", 0700;
mkdir $maildir. "/tmp", 0700;
mkdir $maildir. "/new", 0700;
}
my @msgs = read_mbox ($mbox);
## Keep machine name
$hostname =~ s{(.*?)(\..*|)$}{$1};
die "Problem reading $mbox"
if (not defined @msgs or $#msgs == -1);
foreach $mess (@msgs)
{
my $status;
## Get the headers
##
my $mail = new Mail::Internet $mess, MailFrom => 'IGNORE';
my @body = @{$mail->body};
my $lines = $#body;
## Get the Status: header.
##
$status = $mail->get ("status");
$mail->replace ("lines",
"Lines: $lines");
$mail->delete ("content-length");
## Constructs the maildir filename
##
my $when = time + $total_msgs;
my $future_name = "$when.${$}_$total_msgs.$hostname";
my $fh_out = new FileHandle ">$maildir/tmp/$future_name";
die "Error writing $future_name: $!\n"
if not defined $fh_out;
## Write the message
##
eval { $mail->print ($fh_out) };
die "$@"
if $@;
## Nothing wrong, move to /new or /cur (if Status: exists)
##
eval
{
rename "$maildir/tmp/$future_name",
"$maildir/" . ($status ? "cur" : "new") . "/$future_name";
};
die "$@"
if $@;
## Cleanup
##
$fh_out->close;
## Update the counters
##
eval { $status ? $msg_count{'cur'}++ : $msg_count{'new'}++ };
$total_msgs++;
}
print <<"EOTEXT";
There were
$msg_count{'new'} new message(s)
$msg_count{'cur'} message(s)
written in $maildir/new
EOTEXT
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