NAME

mbx2mbox - Converts Outlook .mbx and .dbx files into standard RFC822 mail files.

SYNOPSIS

mbx2mbox <files ending in .mbx or .dbx>

DESCRIPTION

mbx2mbox attempts to convert Microsoft's proprietary .mbx and .dbx formats to the standard RFC822 mail format used by programs like Pine, Eudora, and Netscape. The .mbx and .dbx files provided as arguments to mbx2mbox are processed and output to files having the same name, except without the .mbx extension.

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

None

EXAMPLES

Process saved.mbx, creating the standard mail file "saved".

mbx2mbox saved.mbx

AUTHOR

David Coppit, <coppit@cs.virginia.edu>,
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~dwc3q/index.html

SEE ALSO

elm(1), mail(1), grep(1), perl(1), printmail(1), Mail::Internet(3) Crocker, D. H., Standard for the Format of Arpa Internet Text Messages, RFC822.