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mbxcvt

NAME

mbxcvt - copy or move messages to a new mailbox, converting mailbox format

SYNTAX

mbxcvt source format destination

DESCRIPTION

mbxcvt transfers messages from the named source mailbox to a new mailbox named destination in the specified format.

mbxcvt requires that the source mailbox exists and that the destination mailbox not exist. The destination mailbox will be created automatically.

Supported mailbox formats are defined when the software is built. Contact your system manager for more information on the supported mailbox formats on your system.

The mailbox name argument is a standard c-client mailbox name. A variety of mailbox name formats and types of mailboxes are supported by c-client; examples of the most common forms of names are:

Name

Meaning

INBOX

primary incoming mail folder on the local system

archive/tx-project

mail folder named "tx-project" in "archive" subdirectory of local filesystem home directory

{imapserver.foo.com}archive/tx-project

mail folder named "tx-project" in "archive" subdirectory on IMAP server system "imapserver.foo.com"

#news.comp.mail.misc

newsgroup "comp.mail.misc" on local filesystem. This is only useful as a source mailbox.

{newserver.foo.com/nntp}comp.mail.misc

newsgroup "comp.mail.misc" on NNTP server system "newserver.foo.com" This is only useful as a source mailbox.

{popserver.foo.com/pop3}

mail folder on POP3 server system "popserver.foo.com". This is only useful as a source mailbox.

See your system manager for more information about the types of mailboxes which are available on your system.

RESTRICTIONS

You must surround a {host}mailbox form mailbox name with quotation marks if you run mbxcvt from csh(1) or another shell for which braces have special meaning.

AUTHOR

Mark Crispin, MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU

SEE ALSO

chkmail (1)
imapcopy (1)
mbxcopy (1)