Re: [Evolution] Sorely needed in all email programs !!

[Reid Thompson <reid thompson ateb com>]

On 1/20/2010 2:05 AM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 12:21 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Ty Tower<leonie tower gmail com>  wrote:
> > > I downloaded some emails from the web address I have via POP
> > > When I got half through I backed up evolution, emptied it and downloaded
> > > the other half then backed that up . I had about 400 odd to backup
> > > somehow from Gmail and another 400 from Yahoo.
> > >
> > > Now I dont seem to be able to combine them.

> How can I convert my mail folders from mbox to maildir format?
>
> In the distant past, I used maildir format.  Then the evolution team
> pulled support for maildir folders.  Now your email implies that maildir
> support is back.  How can I use it?  A quick Google search is not
> helpful.

search the email archives, there have several threads on maildir recently.
Also, I have not tested this yet, so make copies before doing it, but I think you could do something like

copy original mbox0 file to cur0.mbox and
copy original mbox2 file to cur2.mbox then

 movemail  "/tmp/cur0.mbox"  "maildir:///path/to/newMaildir"

 movemail  "/tmp/cur2.mbox"  "maildir:///path/to/newMaildir"

Then create a new account in evolution of maildir format and point it to /path/to/newMaildir
If /path/to/newMaildir is in .evolution, make sure to shutdown evolution fully first
   $evolution --force-shutdown