[Dovecot] OT: Fixing Messages To Be RFC 2822 Compliant

[Darabos Edvárd Konrád]

Hi!

EXAMPLES
    ...
       To convert a non-standard mailbox file into a standard mailbox 
file you
       can use:
              formail -ds <old_mailbox >>new_mailbox

       Or, if you have a very tolerant mailer:
              formail -a Date: -ds <old_mailbox >>new_mailbox
    ...

    These are not working based on explicit instructions. You may give 
them a try. I don't know how bad is your mbox...

Bye

Neil wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yeah, I'm vaguely familiar with formail, but (after reviewing the
> literature) it doesn't seem like it can be used to identify/fix existing
> messages (unless you already know how they're broken and give it explicit
> instructions to fix them).
>
> Is there something I'm missing?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 4:24 AM, Darabos Edvárd Konrád <
> nil at hippy.csoma.elte.hu> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hello!
>>
>>   I am not sure about what you want, but I found something that maybe
>> useful for you.
>>   http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/linuxcommand.org/man_pages/formail1.html
>>
>> Bye
>>
>>
>> Neil wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> So....apparently I have some messages which are not RFC compliant sitting
>>> in
>>> my mailboxes (mostly older ones), and I have some software which is
>>> refusing
>>> to handle such messages.
>>>
>>> 1. Does anyone know of a nice way to verify that all my messages are
>>> compliant/find those that aren't? (I suppose I could use the existing
>>> failing software, but I was hoping for something a little more robust...)
>>>
>>> 2. Does anyone know of any tools that will do The Right Thing as far as
>>> fixing these messages are concerned?
>>>
>>> Googling didn't turn up much for me, but maybe I wasn't hitting the right
>>> terms ("RFC message repair", "fix email message", etc.).
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>     
>
>   

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