mdconvert(1)

mdconvert1

Maildir mailbox uid storage scheme converter

Usage

mdconvert [options ...] mailbox ...

Overview

mdconvert converts Maildir mailboxes between the two UID storage schemes supported by mbsync. See mbsync's manual page for details on these schemes.

Options

-a, --alt

Convert to the alternative (Berkeley DB based) UID storage scheme.

-n, --native

Convert to the native (file name based) UID storage scheme. This is the default.

-h, --help

Displays a summary of command line options.

-v, --version

Displays version information.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 4.0–7
  2. 8–11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

Author

Written and maintained by Oswald Buddenhagen <[email protected]>.

From isync 1.5.1-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.