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-The
[formail(1)
] program can be used
to convert a standard mbox file into a Maildir
format using [procmail(1)]. This has to be done either as the user or
as the super-user.
+!!! Converting
[MBox
] to another
format, such
as MailDir
-<pre>
-# cd /home/<username>
-# cat mbox | formail -s /usr/local/bin/
procmail -d <username>
-</pre>
+You need to configure
procmail(1) to deliver [Email] to a MailDir box first. Then as the user or as the SuperUser, do the following:
+<verbatim>
+formail -s /usr/local/bin/procmail -d <username> < mbox
+</verbatim>
-----
+!!! Respooling a mailbox to somewhere else
-CategoryMailNotes
+<verbatim>
+formail -f -s sendmail newuser@some.domain.com < /var/mail/spoolfile
+</verbatim>
+
+----
+Part of
CategoryMailNotes
