https://github.com/danburzo/gmail-mbox2maildir

Migrate a Gmail inbox to maildir-powered mail server
https://github.com/danburzo/gmail-mbox2maildir

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Migrate a Gmail inbox to maildir-powered mail server

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/danburzo/gmail-mbox2maildir
• Owner: danburzo
• Created: 2017-05-04T14:20:21.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-09-08T10:56:54.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-04T13:19:10.354Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: gmail, maildir, mbox
• Language: Perl
• Homepage:
• Size: 20.5 KB
• Stars: 21
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 13
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md

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# GMail MBOX to Maildir

How to use these two Python/Perl scripts to migrate a GMail inbox to a cpanel / dovecot / maildir inbox — when you have a lot of emails and other, simpler, imports fail.

You'll need FTP and SSH access to the server; or, if you can't connect over SSH, make sure there's a file manager that permits unzipping in your host's admin interface.

### 1. Download MBOX from Google Takeout

### 2. Split MBOX by labels

```shell

./mbox_split.py --infile google_mbox.mbox --prefix split_

```

You may need to `chmod 755 mbox_split.py` to be able to run.

Alternatively, you can just export by label from Google Takeout directly.

### 3. MBOX to Maildir

```shell

./mb2md.pl -s ~/path/to/split_Inbox.mbox -d ~/path/to/output/Inbox

```

__Notes:__

1. may need `chmod 755 mbox_split.py` to be able to run

2. source and destination need absolute paths

### 4. Zip the `new/` folder for each output mailbox

### 5. Upload Zip to server in appropriate maildir mailbox folder, and expand via SSH:

```shell

unzip -j Inbox.zip

rm Inbox.zip

```

(The `-j` flag will make sure the zipped `new` folder will extract in-place, with no additional folder structure)

### 6. (Optional) Access inbox via webmail and mark everything as read