Re: Yarn (DOS) -> Linux

From: Wayne Dernoncourt (wayned@cpcug.org)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 13:29:54 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Howard Eisenberger wrote:

> I have a couple of utilities here that you may want to consider.
> Sendfold.exe from yutil04.zip or ytsgdos.exe from ytsg3.zip will
> convert Yarn folders (back) to SOUP packets. Both are available
> in ...simtelnet/msdos/mailnews/.

> I don't have any news folders handy, but I just converted a mail
> folder and both programs seem to work. The latter comes with GNU
> source code (AIX?), so it might be possible to compile something
> along these lines for Linux.

Ahhh! I already have the version of YARNUTILS (files dated 10/95) -
I use EDITFOLD on a regular basis to get rid of multiple levels of
indentation that occurs when an email gets forwarded and forwarded and
forwarded, etc. (along with extraneous mail headers), etc.

> >But this still needs DOS to run & I want to switch to Linux!

> Once you've converted your Yarn folders to SOUP in DOS, they can
> be transferred to Linux, where you can use MultiMail to read them.

That's the sort of thing I'm looking for - MultiMail. Oops, just did a
www.google.com search for MultiMail and came up with mail sync software
for a Palm PDA. That's probably useful, but not what I'm interested
in that right now. It looks like I need to do some looking - ah here
it is at www.clark.net (/~wmcbrine/multimail.html)! Looks like it has
a lot of potential!

Thanks much!

Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't
Wayne D. | pay for this, etc. (directly anyway)