From: Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com
I have a bunch of old mail spread variously across dovecot maildirs
and mbox format files on several machines that are headed for the
trash. Is there anything considered to be a portable archive format
for mail messages, and if so are there tools to
Les Mikesell wrote:
I have a bunch of old mail spread variously across dovecot maildirs
and mbox format files on several machines that are headed for the
trash. Is there anything considered to be a portable archive format
for mail messages, and if so are there tools to copy into it - or do I
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Timothy Murphy gayle...@eircom.net wrote:
Les Mikesell wrote:
I have a bunch of old mail spread variously across dovecot maildirs
and mbox format files on several machines that are headed for the
trash. Is there anything considered to be a portable archive
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, John R Pierce wrote:
On 11/02/11 3:43 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
I understand the file types and contents - but was hoping that by
now there would be a standard file type that didn't have to be
'imported' to a mail reader's message store before being accessed.
well that
On 11/2/2011 4:42 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevicoff...@plnet.rs wrote:
Vreme: 11/02/2011 07:53 PM, Phoenix, Merka piše:
I have a bunch of old mail spread variously across dovecot maildirs and
mbox format files on several machines that are headed
I have a bunch of old mail spread variously across dovecot maildirs
and mbox format files on several machines that are headed for the
trash. Is there anything considered to be a portable archive format
for mail messages, and if so are there tools to copy into it - or do I
have to pick a client
I have a bunch of old mail spread variously across dovecot maildirs and mbox
format files on several machines that are headed for the trash. Is there
anything considered to be a portable archive format for mail messages, and
if so are there tools to copy into it - or do I have to pick a
Vreme: 11/02/2011 07:53 PM, Phoenix, Merka piše:
I have a bunch of old mail spread variously across dovecot maildirs and
mbox format files on several machines that are headed for the trash. Is
there anything considered to be a portable archive format for mail
messages, and if so are there
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic off...@plnet.rs wrote:
Vreme: 11/02/2011 07:53 PM, Phoenix, Merka piše:
I have a bunch of old mail spread variously across dovecot maildirs and
mbox format files on several machines that are headed for the trash. Is
there anything
Vreme: 11/02/2011 09:42 PM, Les Mikesell piše:
Thanks - I think most of what I'd want to keep is still accessible via
imap. What I'm wondering is if there is a general consensus about
the file format for long term storage that would be most likely to
permit direct search and access from some
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic off...@plnet.rs wrote:
Vreme: 11/02/2011 07:53 PM, Phoenix, Merka piše:
I have a bunch of old mail spread variously across dovecot maildirs
and mbox format files on several machines that are headed for the
trash. Is there anything
On Wed, Nov 02, 2011, Les Mikesell wrote:
...
Thanks - I think most of what I'd want to keep is still accessible via
imap. What I'm wondering is if there is a general consensus about
the file format for long term storage that would be most likely to
permit direct search and access from some
Vreme: 11/02/2011 11:26 PM, Bill Campbell piše:
On Wed, Nov 02, 2011, Les Mikesell wrote:
...
Thanks - I think most of what I'd want to keep is still accessible via
imap. What I'm wondering is if there is a general consensus about
the file format for long term storage that would be most
2011/11/2 Phoenix, Merka merka.phoe...@hp.com:
You don't need an IMAP server to access these files. The MBOX format (one
large file with all the messages inside) and MAILDIR format (collection of
one text file per message within a directory) are simple text files. Most
e-mail clients (such
On 11/02/11 3:43 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
I understand the file types and contents - but was hoping that by now
there would be a standard file type that didn't have to be 'imported'
to a mail reader's message store before being accessed.
well that depends on your mail program. if they use
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