How to Install and Uninstall mb2md Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "mb2md" package

This tutorial shows how to install mb2md on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mb2md
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mb2md" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall mb2md on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mb2md
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mb2md package on Kali Linux

Package: mb2md
Version: 3.20-10
Installed-Size: 72
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: all
Depends: libtimedate-perl, perl:any
Size: 22988
SHA256: f947d80b4d4d8eec51c1a75bfccc58a751a74156f3c09c1b11c7e4b62aed07c3
SHA1: 96f130fbb6427db8710247ff17dee8e4c833c666
MD5sum: c3f92cf2343ed49e5ab74c05e8678826
Description: Convert Mbox mailboxes to Maildir format
mb2md (mbox to maildir) takes one or more Mbox format mailbox files
in a directory and convert them to Maildir format mailboxes.
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As the Mbox format has some drawbacks, D. J. Bernstein created the
Maildir format when he wrote Qmail. With the Mbox format all mail of
a specific folder is stored as one large text file. The Maildir
format stores each mail as a separate file. It is a faster and more
efficient way to store mail. It works particularly well over NFS,
which has a long history of locking-related woes.
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The Mbox format is used by many POP3/IMAP servers, most mail servers
(MTAs) and mail readers (MUAs). The Maildir format is used by Qmail,
Courier-MTA and can be also used as a alternative mail storage format
by Postfix and Exim or any MTA which can use procmail as
MDA. POP3/IMAP servers which support Maildirs are e.g. Courier IMAP
and Dovecot.
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mb2md does not only convert Mbox mailbox files into a Maildir but can
also convert the /var/spool/mail/$USER mailspool file. It is smart
enough to not transfer a dummy message such as the UW IMAPD puts at
the start of Mbox mailboxes - and you could add your own search terms
into the script to make it ignore other forms of dummy first message.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::converting, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mb2md/mb2md_3.20-10_all.deb