NAME¶
maildir2mbox - move mail from a maildir to an mbox
SYNOPSIS¶
maildir2mbox
DESCRIPTION¶
maildir2mbox moves mail from a
maildir-format directory to an
mbox-format file.
You must supply three environment variables to
maildir2mbox:
MAILDIR is the name of your
maildir directory;
MAIL is
the name of your
mbox file; and
MAILTMP is a temporary file that
maildir2mbox can overwrite.
MAILTMP and
MAIL must be on
the same filesystem.
maildir2mbox is reliable: it will not remove messages from
MAILDIR
until the messages have been successfully appended to
MAIL.
maildir2mbox locks
MAIL to protect against simultaneous access by
a mail reader. This locking system does not protect against simultaneous
access by another
maildir2mbox; you should run only one
maildir2mbox at a time.
SEE ALSO¶
maildir(5)