[linux-users] Moving to Sylpheed from PMMail

[harley7@mnsi.net]

On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 21:34:21 -0800 (PST)
"stayler" <stayler at xmtservices.net> wrote:

> Well it seems the promised Linux version of PMMAil is pretty much a
> piece of Vaporware so I'm looking to transfer some of my old PMMail
> folders to Sylpheed.  PMMail uses directories and a somewhat strange
> way of tagging msg's as individual files.  I understand that Sylpheed
> is similar but the files are numbered in order.  Is there a simple way
> in BASH to rename the files in a directory with numbers in ascending
> order?  
> 
> stayler

If you can export to an MBox file, sylpheed can import that.

Bill