How to access email messages from a linux web site backup

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How can I access the mail stored in a full linux website backup?

If I unpack the backup on my Windows machine, I see the mail folders: /homedir/mail/[site_name]/[user_name]. But ... how can I access the messages? I tried following steps for importing messages into Thunderbird, but since these folders do not contain *.eml format messages, Thunderbird doesn't find anything it is able to import.

Alternatively, I could upload the the .gz file of the site backup to a cloud server, unpack it, and do something there, in linux. But I'm not sure what to do.

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about a practical programming problem as outlined in the [help/on-topic]. — Antti Haapala -- Слава Україні, Apr 09 '16 at 12:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 09 '16 at 12:16

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If you have multiple files with single message each in [user_name] directory then most likely you have your mail stored in Maildir format. The ImportExportTools Thunderbird add-on claims to support this format.

answered Apr 09 '16 at 12:16

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