Re: Problem incorporating old mail file

[Aaron Hsu]

reader@newsguy.com writes:

> Aaron Hsu <spam@sacrificumdeo.net> writes:
>
>> I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that one of my main problems is that
>> the file is so large, it is causing a buffer size exceeded error, and
>> I am also looking for a way to read in the single file without having
>> to split it up and manually import tons of files.
>
> I don't use Imap so won't comment on your other issues.
>
> I guess the buffer error is coming from emacs?
>
> It may fail at the command shell as well.
>
> How huge is this file?

This file is 500+MB approximately. It is a unix mail format, I
think. Extension mbs, and it's definitely some form of mbox, but
exported and concatenated together from Opera.

> If you want to try this and are not familiar with procmail I can show
> you how to set up a sandbox work area and spit all that mail out in a
> way that gnus can just slurp it right up into nnml groups of your
> choice. 
>
> Procmail can split in literally any way you can dream up.  It is very
> versatile.

I might be interested in taking this route if it is going to be the
fastest and the cleanest. Mainly, here was what I was thinking. Most of
my important mail can be determined by who sent it (some people use
multiple email addresses). With procmail, would it be possible to grab
all the mail, first remove all the empty newsgroup entries, and then put
all the mail into individual mboxes or what have you corresponding to
the email addresses (actually the full contents of the from header would
be best) of the sender?

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