2002-03-26 03:53:09 +00:00
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archivemail - archive and compress old mail in your mailbox
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'archivemail' is a tool written in Python for organising and storing old
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email choking any of your mailboxes. It can move messages older than a
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2002-03-31 03:46:59 +00:00
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certain number of days to a separate 'archive' mbox-format mailbox which
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can be compressed with bzip2, gzip or compress.
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2002-03-26 03:53:09 +00:00
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For example, have you been subscribing to the 'linux-kernel' mailing list
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for the last 6 years and ended up with an 160-meg mailbox that 'mutt' is
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taking a long time to load? 'archivemail' can move all messages that are
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older than 6 months to a separate compressed mailbox, and leave you with
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just the most recent messages.
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'archivemail' can save a lot of disk space and will significantly reduce
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overhead on your mail reader. The number of days before mail is considered
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'old' is up to you, but the default is 180 days.
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2002-03-31 03:46:59 +00:00
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'archivemail' currently works on mbox-format and maildir-format mailboxes,
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and requires python v2.0 or greater. It also supports deleting old mail
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instead of archiving it.
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