Re: mbox format

From	David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: mbox format
Date	2017-03-02 12:09 -0600
Organization	SpamBusters!
Message-ID	<alpine.OSX.2.20.1703021154250.2031@mako.ath.cx> (permalink)
References	<be44fbe0-f067-4b33-aa7c-dbb6c9609642@googlegroups.com>

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On Thursday, 02 March 2017 07:09 -0800, 
 in article <be44fbe0-f067-4b33-aa7c-dbb6c9609642@googlegroups.com>, 
 Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry if this is a dumb question but does free mail software still 
> exist for the Mac in which email can be preserved in mbox format 
> after download from a server?  If so, what is it and where can I 
> obtain it?

CLI mailers, such as elm, mutt and alpine, can all be built and run on 
Darwin systems.  All three are availble as Homebrew packages; mutt and 
Alpine are available from MacPorts.  Any can of these can be built 
directly from source.

Of these three, alpine can also be used as an Usenet agent.

$ date -u;egrep ^From:.\*dar mail/darlene_jacobsen | count.sh;date -u
Thu Mar  2 18:06:47 UTC 2017
 571 From: jacodar242@gmail.com
 132 From: Jaco Dar <jacodar242@gmail.com>
  78 From: darjaco1964@gmail.com
  65 From: jacodar052@gmail.com
  65 From: jacodar015@gmail.com
  63 From: muscleman <jacodar242@gmail.com>
  60 From: Dar Jake <jakedar4@gmail.com>
  49 From: jacodar3@gmail.com
  48 From: darlenejacobsen788@gmail.com
  34 From: darjaco780@gmail.com
  31 From: Dar Jaco <jacodar164@gmail.com>
  29 From: jacodar8@gmail.com
  24 From: jacodar608@gmail.com
  16 From: jacodar164@gmail.com
  16 From: Darlene Jacobsen <jacobsendarlene25@gmail.com>
  14 From: Darlene J <darlenejacobsen788@gmail.com>
  13 From: jakedar4@gmail.com
  10 From: ddar6960@gmail.com
   7 From: Darlene Jacobsen <darjaco1964@gmail.com>
   3 From: "surveillance unit" <darjaco1964@gmail.com>
   2 From: darj289@gmail.com
   2 From: Dar Jaco <jacodar8@gmail.com>
   2 From: Dar Jaco <jacodar3@gmail.com>
   1 From: jacodar52@gmail.com
   1 From: darjaco855@gmail.com
   1 From: Darlene Jacobsen <darjaco780@gmail.com>
   1 From: Dar Jaco <jacodar164@gmail.com
Thu Mar  2 18:06:47 UTC 2017

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David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com>
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    Re: mbox format Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 18:27 +0000
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  Re: mbox format David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2017-03-02 12:09 -0600
  Re: mbox format Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-03-04 11:57 -0500

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