[techtalk] converting netscape(win)mail to netscape(linux)mail

[Robert Kiesling]

Usually when translating files from msdos to unix, you have to 
translate at least the line termination characters.  Msdos 
uses a carraige return-line feed combination (hex 0xd0xa) to
terminate lines, while unices use only a line feed.  Some utilities
perform the translation automatically.  In any event, you can
do the same with a utility like "tr,"  I believe there's an 
example of how to do this conversion in the man pages.  

Darren <darren at osadchuk.org> wrote:

> I don't know if this helps or is even related to the specific problem,
> but:
> 
> When I switched from Eudora to Pine, I had to convert all of the files
> from DOS text to Unix text -- the specific problem was something with the
> carriage returns. Since Eudora stores messages in mbox format, everything
> else went fine. Before converting them, Pine saw the mailboxes as just
> one long message, sort of. The RPM I used was dos2unix, I think it's
> available from freshmeat.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2 May 2000, Nicole Zimmerman wrote:
> 
> >My husband copied his folders directly from windows to linux using
> >netscape and it worked out just fine. You should be able to copy the
> >folders over into your netscape mail directory and read them just like
> >netscape in windows.
> >
> >If you want to convert them, I'm not sure *what* to use. The mail client
> >of choice (if it's not netscape) may provide something for converting
> >(if you're lucky ;o)). My experience with non-gui mail readers in linux
> >is that they store mail in text only formats while netscape is some
> >weird binary crap.
> >
> >-nicole
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