Fixing Two INBOX

If a user has two INBOXs:

• /var/spool/mail/username
• ~/INBOX

fix by doing the following (all commands must be run as the user):

1. If "file ~/INBOX" is not an MBX formatted file, convert to MBX format:

mv INBOX INBOX.old
mailutil move INBOX.old '#driver.mbx/INBOX.new'
mv INBOX.new INBOX
rm INBOX.old

2. Next, have imap copy the contents of /var/spool/mail/INBOX to ~/INBOX:

imapd
. select INBOX   
. logout

Last modified: 2021/08/13 14:17:53.894841 GMT-4 by curtis.f.smith.1
Created: 2021/08/13 14:06:41.688886 GMT-4 by curtis.f.smith.1.

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