| Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php [message #181713 is a reply to message #181712] |
Mon, 27 May 2013 12:49   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/27/2013 8:13 AM, Christoph Becker wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 5/25/2013 6:39 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
>>> Peter H. Coffin wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 24 May 2013 15:57:14 -0600, Chuck Anderson wrote:
>>>> > I have been slowly building a Php/MySQL based IMAP email client. The
>>>> > Php IMAP functions are well documented and easy to use. I store
>>>> > messages in a MySQL database (attachments in the file system) for
>>>> > ease of organization, maintenance, backup and searching. I like it
>>>> > enough that I want to add my existing archive of email in
>>>> > Thunderbird. To do so, I need to parse mbox files and extract
>>>> > message headers, parts, and attachments. Thankfully, the Php IMAP
>>>> > functions can be used to open and parse an mbox file (or even a
>>>> > single .eml file) as well as opening a stream to the server.
>>>> >
>>>> > Using this functionality I can write a script to run on my WAMP
>>>> > development machine that reads the Thunderbird folder structure,
>>>> > parses the mbox files and saves individual messages along with their
>>>> > folder/subfolder path in the Thunderbird folder hierarchy. It should
>>>> > be as easy as pointing it to the top of the folder structure and
>>>> > letting it do all the work from there.
>>>> >
>>>> > Unfortunately, it appears that the Windows Php binary is unable to
>>>> > connect to an mbox file, so to make my job easy, I would have to
>>>> > upload the entire folder structure (it is about 200MBs) to my shared
>>>> > host and process it there. I would much rather "toy around" with
>>>> > this process on my Windows development machine and not on the shared
>>>> > host.
>>>> >
>>>> > There is a Php bug filed for this, but it was determined that the
>>>> > "underlying c-client function is unable to open a file."
>>>> > https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=39880 - closed as "not a bug."
>>>> >
>>>> > $mbox = imap_open('pathto/mboxfile', '', '') // works on *nix, but
>>>> > not on Windows.
>>>> > - Notice: Unknown: Can't open mailbox mboxfiles/Inbox: no such
>>>> > mailbox (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0.
>>>> > (This second error is the one coming from the underlying c-client
>>>> > function.)
>>>>
>>>> Okay, step one: quit munging stuff around and give us the EXACT code,
>>>> the EXACT contents of variables involved, and the EXACT error messages.
>>>> You're not revealing national secrets by posting paths to filenames, and
>>>> what the problem is may be in what you're changing to be more general.
>>>
>>> I used generic paths and filenames because I had tried several
>>> variations.
>>>
>>> I have learned that imap_open only works on a file - on a *nix web
>>> server - if the path to the mbox file is relative to $HOME. I have not
>>> found any official documentation, just forum posts saying so, and ... it
>>> is the only way I have been able to make it work.
>>>
>>> So, imap_open works for me (on the remote Linux host) if, and only if, I
>>> use:
>>> imap_open ('public_html/mboxfiles/Trash', '', '')
>>> // Trash is an mbox file I uploaded directly from my Thunderbird Profile
>>>
>>> On Windows
>>> c:/localhost is the document root
>>> c:/localhost/imap is where the Php scripts are located.
>>> c:/localhost/imap/mboxfiles is where the mbox file "Trash" is located
>>>
>>> I have tried:
>>> imap_open('localhost/imap/mboxfiles/Trash', '', ''); // equivalent of
>>> being relative to $HOME on *nix
>>> imap_open('/imap/mboxfiles/Trash', '', ''); // absolute path from
>>> document root
>>> imap_open('mboxfiles/Trash', '', ''); // relative path
>>> imap_open('c:/localhost/imap/mboxfiles/Trash', '', ''); // real path on
>>> disk
>>>
>>> On Windows I always get these two errors (the file path changes
>>> accordingly):
>>>
>>> - Warning: imap_open(): Couldn't open stream
>>> localhost/utilities/imap/eml/Trash in
>>> localhost\utilities\imap\imap_save_mbox_file.php on line 127
>>>
>>> - Notice: Unknown: Can't open mailbox
>>> localhost/utilities/imap/eml/Trash: no such mailbox (errflg=2) in
>>> Unknown on line 0
>>>
>>> I have read that the second error is coming from the c-client (errflg=2
>>> comes from there).
>>>
>>
>> I don't see any of the code you listed listing the directories
>> imap_open() is looking in.
>
> There seems to be a misunderstanding. Chuck is not trying to open an
> IMAP stream to a mail *server*, but instead to an mbox *file*.
> Apparently this works on Linux, but not on Windows. According to
> <https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=39880> this seems to be a problem of
> the c-client library on Windows.
>
No, there is no misunderstanding. But he has NOT been clear on his code
and resulting messages.
Also, that bug is over six years old. I have no idea if the bug still
exists or not. However, I do not consider a bug that old to still be
valid until proven so.
>> Once again (and for the LAST TIME):
>>
>> What is the *EXACT CODE* you are using. And what is the *EXACT MESSAGE*
>> you get in response?
>>
>> We can't help you if you give incomplete/confusing/incorrect information!
>
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