How To Install mb2md on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mb2md on CentOS 7. mb2md is Mailbox to maildir converter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mb2md on CentOS 7.

What is mb2md

Convert your emails folders in mailbox format to maildirs. Some of the current features of mb2md.pl are * converting the user’s main mailbox that is referenced by the $MAIL variable * converting a single mailbox into corresponding maildir * converting multiple mailboxes in a directory into corresponding maildirs * recursive operation on a given directory to convert the complete mail storage of one user * replaces all occurrences of dots (’.’) in a mailbox name by underscores (’_’) * is able to handle spaces in mailbox names * converts mbox files in DOS format (CRLF) to Unix file format * can strip an extension (e.g. “.mbx”) from a mailbox name prior to converting * removal of dummy message that a couple of IMAP servers (e.g. UW-IMAPD) put at the beginning of a mailbox * setting the file date of a converted message according to the date found in the “From " line of the original mail * setting the flags F,R,S,T (flagged, replied, seen, deleted) on the filename of the converted message according to the flags found in “Status of the original mail

We can use yum or dnf to install mb2md on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mb2md.

Install mb2md on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mb2md using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mb2md

Install mb2md on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mb2md using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mb2md

How To Uninstall mb2md on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the mb2md package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mb2md

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mb2md on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.