[pmmail-list] Exporting?

[Tim Roberts]

On Tue, 08 Apr 2003 09:07:01 -0700, John Bridges wrote:
>
>I've done all that, I've used the real from address (although it had to be
>filtered, for instance The Bat would not accept one without an '@' in it),

Correct.  Usually, even "???@???" is good enough.

>I've tried a dummy address 'root@root.com', I've used the real date, I've
>used a dummy date (today).
>
>The problem is, a lot of messages in my archive apparently are not standard.
>For instance all the sent messages are missing some of the headers you would
>expect.
>
>So let me repeat.
>
>Taking all the MSG files, putting 'From x d' in from of each message with a
>couple blank lines added to the end, and replacing all CRLF with LF produces
>a file that WILL not import reliably into Mozilla or The Bat!. The Bat!
>imports about 70% of those messages, Mozilla even fewer.
>
>I do not consider that acceptable.

I'm surprised by your trouble.  I do exactly what you describe once each month 
to create and maintain my e-mail archive in Unix mailbox format, and the 
resulting files read just fine in "mutt".

--
- Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


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