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Fixing Two INBOX

If a user has two INBOXs:

  • /var/spool/mail/username
  • ~/INBOX

fix by doing the following (all commands must be run as the user):

  1. If "file ~/INBOX" is not an MBX formatted file, convert to MBX format:
    2. mv INBOX INBOX.old
    mailutil move INBOX.old '#driver.mbx/INBOX.new'
    mv INBOX.new INBOX
    rm INBOX.old
  2. Next, have imap copy the contents of /var/spool/mail/INBOX to ~/INBOX:
    3. imapd
    . select INBOX   
    . logout

Last Modified: Aug 1, 2023 4:14 pm GMT-4
Created: Aug 13, 2021 2:06 pm GMT-4 by admin
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