POST2MBX

Post/LX to MBOX file converter, Version 1.1

(c) 2005 by Daniel Hertrich




Converting one .I or .O file to MBOX format:
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Usage: POST2MBX INFILE

INFILE can be a Post/LX .I or .O file which contains mailbox or folder data.
You can give the path or use a file in the current directory without giving a path.

Examples:

POST2MBX MAIL.I

POST2MBX C:\_dat\post\mail.o

POST2MBX ..\postlx\mymail.i


POST2MBX will automatically determine the output file name my replacing the file extension by ".MBX". It will keep the path, i.e. the command

POST2MBX ..\postlx\mymail.i

would write the file ..\postlx\mymail.mbx




Converting all .I or .O files in a directory to MBOX format:
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Use the batch file "batch.bat" as a wrapper for POST2MBX. It accepts a file specification with wildcards.

Examples:

batch.bat *.i

batch.bat c:\path\to\*.o

batch.bat ..\postlx\mymail?.i


POST2MBX will replace the file extension with .MBX here, too.



NOTE:
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Clean up the Post/LX folders before converting (Using Ctrl-P in Post/LX, or the
add-on program PIP "pack in place").

Background: If you delete a message in Post/LX, it is only MARKED as deleted,
but not removed from the file. POST2MBX will also process mails marked as deleted.
In order to have a MBOX file which does not contain the "marked as deleted" mails,
it is necessary to tell Post/LX to remove the deleted messages from the file before
using POST2MBX.

Using batch.bat involkes PIP.EXE automatically for each processed file.
This requires the index files o be in the same directory as the mailbox files.
If the index files are not available, "marked as deleted" mails will be processed
too. If the "Pack in Place" process is not wanted, delete the PIP.EXE line from 
batch.bat.


Compatibility of the output files:
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The Output mbox files should be compatible with all mail
programs able to read in mbox files.
However, the "From_" lines at the beginning of each message are
stuffed with dummy data, not with the real From and Date data. 
I don't know of any mail programs which have a problem with
that, but if there is one, post2mbx is incompatible with that
program.


ARM binary:
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The file post2mbx_arm_binary has been compiled on and for a SHARP Zaurus PDA.
So you can execute this program also on the Zaurus, e.g. if you still have your Post/LX
files but your HP Palmtop is no longer operable.