Questions about importing mail (mbox)

2011-04-16 Thread Pieter Praet
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:02:45 -0700, Mueen Nawaz wrote: > I think you misunderstood me. A part of me suspects this has something > to do with my not explaining myself, but who's to say? Same here, apparently :D > I'm experimenting with notmuch, and if I can translate everything I > currently do

Re: Questions about importing mail (mbox)

2011-04-16 Thread Pieter Praet
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:02:45 -0700, Mueen Nawaz mu...@nawaz.org wrote: I think you misunderstood me. A part of me suspects this has something to do with my not explaining myself, but who's to say?G Same here, apparently :D I'm experimenting with notmuch, and if I can translate everything I

Questions about importing mail (mbox)

2011-03-21 Thread Mueen Nawaz
Jesse Rosenthal writes: > I didn't need to convert when I started using notmuch, but for past > mbox-to-maildir conversions, I always had the most confidence in using > mutt interactively. Tag all messages (S-t, all), copy or save to a > maildir, and make sure your mbox_type is set

Questions about importing mail (mbox)

2011-03-21 Thread Mueen Nawaz
Pieter Praet writes: > It would've been a no-brainer if you'd been using Maildir all along > (mbox is evil incarnate), but... Sure, but mbox is too convenient. > I'd suggest keeping your original mbox file safe in git [1], and > consistently commiting every step of the way, so even if messages

Questions about importing mail (mbox)

2011-03-21 Thread Pieter Praet
On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:30:52 -0700, Mueen Nawaz wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to experiment with notmuch. > > As I understand it, notmuch does not handle mbox for input. The problem > is that all my mail is currently in mbox format. > > So I first tried converting mbox to maildir using

Questions about importing mail (mbox)

2011-03-21 Thread Jesse Rosenthal
On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:30:52 -0700, Mueen Nawaz wrote: > > So I want to know: When you guys switched to notmuch, how did you ensure > you did not miss any emails. I really, really, really don't want to lose > any emails in this process! I didn't need to convert when I started using notmuch, but

Re: Questions about importing mail (mbox)

2011-03-21 Thread Jesse Rosenthal
On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:30:52 -0700, Mueen Nawaz mu...@nawaz.org wrote: So I want to know: When you guys switched to notmuch, how did you ensure you did not miss any emails. I really, really, really don't want to lose any emails in this process! I didn't need to convert when I started using

Re: Questions about importing mail (mbox)

2011-03-21 Thread Mueen Nawaz
Jesse Rosenthal jrosent...@jhu.edu writes: I didn't need to convert when I started using notmuch, but for past mbox-to-maildir conversions, I always had the most confidence in using mutt interactively. Tag all messages (S-t, all), copy or save to a maildir, and make sure your mbox_type is set

Questions about importing mail (mbox)

2011-03-20 Thread Mueen Nawaz
Hi, I'm trying to experiment with notmuch. As I understand it, notmuch does not handle mbox for input. The problem is that all my mail is currently in mbox format. So I first tried converting mbox to maildir using mb2md. It didn't do a good job. When I subsequently tried importing to