mbxcvt(LOCAL)mbxcvt(LOCAL)NAMEmbxcvt - copy or move messages to a new mailbox, convert
ing mailbox format
SYNTAXmbxcvt source format destination
DESCRIPTIONmbxcvt 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)
23 October 1996 mbxcvt(LOCAL)
