Those using Eudora 5 and with access to an IMAP server can
convert the EUdora Mailbox by
- creating a folder on the IMAP server
(may need to create an account on the IMAP server and
configure that servr/account in Eudora as a separate personality)
The folder should then be created from Eudora, which will create
the corresponding acct on the IMAP server.
- copying all messages into that IMAP folder from Eudora
- then using the folder on the IMAP server as MHonArc input
(with most IMAP servers it would be in UNIX mailbox format)
rgds
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Earl Hood
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 03:02
> To: MHonArc List
> Subject: Processing Eudora mailbox files
>
>
>
> A user made availabe a sample Eudora mailbox for me to check out.
> Here is what I observed:
>
> o The .toc file is not applicable to MHonArc. Only the .mbx
> files are applicable.
>
> o The MSGSEP resource should be set to the following:
>
> <MsgSep>
> ^From \?\?\?@\?\?\?
> </MsgSep>
>
> I noticed that message body lines starting with "From " are
> not escaped, so you need to redefine MSGSEP as above to avoid
> messages from getting split that contain lines starting with
> "From ".
>
> o Eudora does not preserve multipart message bodies, but does
> not modify the message headers to reflect this. This is why
> you may get "Warning: No boundaries found in message body"
> messages. MHonArc will fallback to processing the message
> as a text/plain message, so you can ignore these warnings.
>
> However, it should be noted that MHonArc is not processing
> the original message data as sent by the sender of the message.
> Therefore, attachments are not seen by MHonArc since it
> Eudora extracts them out.
>
> Now, one could tweak the text/plain filter to check for
> "Attachment Converted: " lines at the bottom of a file and
> copy the file at given pathname over into the archive. This
> will only work if the mailbox is being processed on the same
> system that attachment was extracted.
>
> In sum, MHonArc can process Eudora mailbox files, but there are
> some limitations as noted above due to how Eudora stores messages.
> If it can be arranged, for best results, have MHonArc process the
> original raw message, by-passing Eudora.
>
> --ewh
>
