> Hi there!
>
> Does anybody know of a program that can convert yarn's mailboxes to
> netscape, pegasus or other ... popular format?
The yarnutilities contain a program called something like ``printfold''
which converts a yarn folder into a simple ascii folder without the
yarn/soup type wierd characters, and lets you specify how you want
standard parts of the header to be formatted such as:
From:
To:
Date:
Reply-To:
However, it does not split one file into many, with one file per messages
like some mailers like, and it does not convert to specific alternate
formats.
The program readmail, on the other hand, which can be found at the YIRX site
can read files in yarn or soup format and write them out in a variety of
other formats, including writing one file per message. However, strange
formats like MS Outlook or netscape are not part of its functionality.
A similar program to readmail, reread, which is not free, may possibly be
able to do similar things.
If you know the format of your target mail client, probably the best thing
to do is to write a little script in a unix style program such as awk, gawk,
or sed to do the conversion. These things are ported to dos and free. Of
course, this assumes you know a little about how to use such programs.
There is no equivalent to the ``universal translator'' used in Star Trek,
for converting any type of mail format to any other type of mail format.
A gross solution would be to forward a bunch of yarn mail messages to your
mailer at work through the mail, etc. Yarn messages ship many to the file.
Then the receiving mailer would convert to its preferred format.