[NTLUG:Discuss] corrupt mbox file

[Aaron Goldblatt]

> True enough.  The only reason I asked is because from what I can see, it
> looks fine.  I figured I'd see if somebody has some 'educated guessing'
> (as you put it) script to fix the dern thing.  Oh well, maybe I had it
> coming for not tarballing and starting the file over for so long.  It is
> quite old (and large).  I'm sure I'll get over it...thanks anyway.

Usually just removing the offending message with a text editor will cure the 
problem.  The magic line looks something like:

>From ???@??? Mon Jul 31 20:29:01 2000

That'll be the first line of the message.  Delete that line of the offending 
message, to the same line of the next message (excluded), and your life might 
get back to normal.  As always, backup before you cut.

By the way, if anyone knows of a good mbox -> Maildir conversion utility I'd 
like to see it.  I currently use Maildir for storage of incoming mail, but 
then I use Kmail to pop it out to mbox.

I found mutt wanting in the ease of use category, and stuff that requires 
both fetchmail and procmail to read from my multitude of accounts is really 
annoying (especially since I've never found a good tutorial on regular 
expressions and so have no clue how they work).

In a related vein, a pointer to a Gnome or KDE client that supports Maildir 
would also be most appreciated.  Console isn't a problem, but as I said, mutt 
didn't tickle my fancy, and I hate Pine.

ag