Re: how to open local mbox

[Thomas Narten <narten@us.ibm.com>]

At Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:42:27 +0900, Randy Bush wrote:
> 
> >> i have an mbox file fetched off the net.  my localhost, a laptop, is not
> >> running an mta.  i can not open it as a + as it is an mbox.  clue bat
> >> please
> > Yeah, somebody really should implement read-only support for mbox in
> > Wanderlust.
> 
> 'zactly
> 
> > In the meantime, install (n)mh (« apt-get install nmh » under Debian),
> > and say:
> > 
> >   $ install-mh -auto
> >   $ inc -file /path/to/mbox
> > 
> > After that, the contents of the mbox will be in your +inbox folder, and
> > you can use Wanderlust to file them wherever you wish.
> 
> ewww!  the mbox i wanna read is > 200mB.  i do not want it in my
> inbox.

Use inc's "+<folder-name>" (e.g., "+tmp") option and the contents will
go to that folder/directory (e.g., "tmp"). And you probably also want
to use "-notruncate" to leave the original mbox file unmodified.

Understood that this isn't very attracive for big files.

> 
> the hack i use to convert to mh is a cute python swiss army knife.
> http://rg3.name/200711221740.html

Cool!

Thomas
> 
> randy
> 
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