mail2csv
This command-line utility converts the contents of a Maildir to a CSV file. Each header becomes a CSV column, and each email becomes a row.
$ mail2csv example/
Date,Subject,From
"Wed, 16 May 2018 20:05:16 +0000",An email,Bob <bob@example.com>
"Wed, 16 May 2018 20:07:52 +0000",Also an email,Alice <alice@example.com>
By default, only Date, Subject and From headers are shown. Use --headers to specify which other headers to include, and --all-headers to include them all.
Requirements
- Python 2 or 3.
Installation
cp mail2csv.py /usr/local/bin/mail2csv
Full usage
usage: mail2csv.py [-h] [--outfile OUTFILE] [--headers HEADERS [HEADERS ...]]
[--all-headers]
maildir
Convert maildir to CSV.
positional arguments:
maildir Directory to read from
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--outfile OUTFILE File to output to. Standard output is used if this is
not specified
--headers HEADERS [HEADERS ...]
Headers to include
--all-headers Include all headers. Alias for --headers '*'