---
name: "hypetombox"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hypermail"
version: "2.2.0.dfsg-2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hypetombox"
---

# hypetombox(1)

convert a hypermail archive to an mbox file

## NAME

hypetombox - convert a hypermail archive to an mbox file

## SYNOPSIS

**hypetombox** \[**-a**\] \[**-R**\] \[**-H *headers***\] \[**-d *directory***\] \[**-m *outfile***\] \[**-n *address***\] \[**-S *suffix***\]

## DESCRIPTION

**hypetombox** converts a [**hypermail**(1)](/hypermail/1.md) archive back into a file in mbox format by scanning the current directory (or the one specified with **-d**) for hypermail-generated files and restoring the original rfc822 headers.

The following options may be used to control its behaviour:

- **-a**

  do not truncate the output file if it already exists (i.e. append to it)

- **-R**

  strip trailing carriage returns from each line (\\r, ascii 13)

- **-d** *directory*

  read hypermail archive from *directory/* instead of the current location

- **-m** *outfile*

  write to *outfile* instead of **./mbox**

- **-S** *suffix*

  modify the input file pattern "**\[0-9\]{4}.***suffix*" (default value for *suffix* is **html**)

- **-n** *address*

  specify **To:**-address of generated mails

- **-H** *headers*

  add additional header lines to each mail (these are copied verbatim; if you want to add more than one, separate them with the character string '**%0A**')

## SEE ALSO

[**hypermail**(1)](/hypermail/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manpage was written by Jan Christoph Nordholz \<hesso@pool.math.tu-berlin.de\> for the Debian distribution and combines the online usage information and the documentation at the top of the script itself.