Introduction

pyelmx.py is a single file python script which converts an Apple Mail Folder containing .emlx files to a standard mbox format while replacing lines starting with From_ with >From_. Every mailbox in Apple Mail will have it’s mails converted into a mbox file.

pyelmx.py has been written by Christopher Raine, you can reach him under : c.raine[-a-t-]rainestorm.org.

You can download the latest version from http://rainestorm.org/craine/pyelmx.tar.gz

Note: Although pyelmx.py has successfully converted over 55000 emails from Apple Mail to Evolution, it maybe far from bug free and may silently ignore emails. Please check your conversion results before deleting the original files!

Usage

python pyelmx.py [path-to-apple-mail-folder] [path-to-output-folder]

If no path arguments are given, pyelmx.py will default to Mail/ as the folder for Apple Mail and to out/ for the resulting mboxes. If the path to the output folder does not exist, it will create it for you.

License

pyelmx.py is licensed under the GNU General Public License. Please see the file LICENSE.TXT for details.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons GNU General Public License License.