Boris-de/kmail2maildir

Convert from kmail's maildir variant to plain maildir++

kmail2maildir

This is a small script that I used to convert my kmail1 maildir-structure to the "normal" maildir++ format. The script is only tested with my kmail1-directory and with dovecot as a target so currently it may be something more like a "kmail2dovecot" tool, but it may work for other targets too.

Important note: ALWAYS make a backup before you run the script, even if you only use --dry-run (which should not make any changes to the folder, but just print what would be done)

License

GPLv3, see "COPYING" for details

Sources

• [http://www.inter7.com/courierimap/README.maildirquota.html](README for Maildir++)
• [http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/Maildir#Directory_Structure](Dovecot Directory Structure)

Usage

usage: kmail2maildir.py \[-h\] \[--dry-run\] \[--remove-index-files\]
                        \[--hierarchy-separator HIERARCHY_SEPARATOR\]
                        folder

Convert from kmail's maildir variant to plain maildir

positional arguments:
  folder

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --dry-run             only print what would be done, don't change anything
                        yet
  --remove-index-files  remove kmail's index files
  --hierarchy-separator HIERARCHY_SEPARATOR
                        Separator that should be used for maildir++ subfolders
                        (defaults to ".")