Re: Using mhn2mbox to convert to maildir

[Dave McLeod <dmcleod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Earl Hood wrote:

> Do a search on google for mailbox to maildir converters.  Appears
> to be several.
>
>  
I tried the first one Google listed as it appeared to be fairly simple 
to set up and use.
http://home.uninet.ee/~ragnar/2md/

./2md-1.9  some_mail.mbox    some_mail_dir

In "some_mail_dir" there will be the  files, "new" "cur" and tmp.

The messages appear in new, not cur as I would like or expect, but that 
gets corrected after I move the mail to maildir and start to use my mail 
client on the second time after the move.

I then create a mail folder with my mail client, exit from it and move 
the files

mv  some_mail_dir/* $HOME/Maildir/.someMail/.

I start my mail client and the files are there, marked as new files. 

I close my mail client and open it again and notice there is NO icon for 
new mail in this folder.  The files which were in 
$HOME/Maildir/.someMail/new are moved to $HOME/Maildir/.someMail/cur