convert maildir to mbox a single domain

[david510]

I need to convert all mails on a single domain which is in maildir format to mbox. How can I do that? The server is having the mbox format and I transfered an account whose mail format is maildir. I need the mails of this account converted to mbox. The server is a cpanel server.

 

[tweakservers]

maildir is running as a global wise option as you may need the correct exim version installed which supports maildir. In order to run maildir, you will need to run it for all domains.

 

[david510]

Thanks, I managed to write a script to individually convert this.

 

[casey]

Thanks, I managed to write a script to individually convert this.

Care to share it? I don't need it, but that sounds like a useful script.

 

[forlinuxsupport]

please share the script.. it helps us all

 

[mitul]

Below command could be also useful.

/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mb2md/mb2md -s /home/username/mail/domain.com/user/inbox -d /home/username/mail/domain.com/user/

 

[fcsnc]

Thanks, I managed to write a script to individually convert this.

David, seriously, you could probably charge for such a script if it works dependably. If you can't share it here in the forums please PM me with a price.

I haven't had the occasion to try this (I'm still running mbox/UW-IMAP), but I understand that if you restore a cpanel backup of an mbox account, the restore process converts the mail from mbox to maildir if the server is running maildir/Courier. However, there are no reports that I can find of having this work the other way around.

Was chatting with someone yesterday who ran /scripts/convert2maildir and regretted it; then tried to go back to mbox with the same script (it appears to have that functionality as designed). However, as implemented, the script did a very poor job of backward conversion and left .cur and .tmp files and folders all over the place.

If cPanel can't get it right and you have, please share!