Source: mb2md Maintainer: Debian Perl Group Uploaders: Axel Beckert , Noël Köthe Section: mail Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10), dh-exec, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.14), docbook-to-man, libpath-tiny-perl , libtest-command-simple-perl , libtimedate-perl Standards-Version: 4.2.1 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/mb2md Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/mb2md.git Homepage: http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/ Package: mb2md Architecture: all Depends: libtimedate-perl, perl, ${misc:Depends} Description: Convert Mbox mailboxes to Maildir format mb2md (mbox to maildir) takes one or more Mbox format mailbox files in a directory and convert them to Maildir format mailboxes. . As the Mbox format has some drawbacks, D. J. Bernstein created the Maildir format when he wrote Qmail. With the Mbox format all mail of a specific folder is stored as one large text file. The Maildir format stores each mail as a separate file. It is a faster and more efficient way to store mail. It works particularly well over NFS, which has a long history of locking-related woes. . The Mbox format is used by many POP3/IMAP servers, most mail servers (MTAs) and mail readers (MUAs). The Maildir format is used by Qmail, Courier-MTA and can be also used as a alternative mail storage format by Postfix and Exim or any MTA which can use procmail as MDA. POP3/IMAP servers which support Maildirs are e.g. Courier IMAP and Dovecot. . mb2md does not only convert Mbox mailbox files into a Maildir but can also convert the /var/spool/mail/$USER mailspool file. It is smart enough to not transfer a dummy message such as the UW IMAPD puts at the start of Mbox mailboxes - and you could add your own search terms into the script to make it ignore other forms of dummy first message.