dx4.org :: linux

If you use Mac OS X, you're probably familiar with the .dmg disk image file format. They're really just HFS+ filesystems, but they're wrapped in Apple proprietary, undocumented garbage which makes them a pain to work with. For example, most .dmg files you download are read-only and it's not easy to figure out how to get around that.

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Ever wanted to take all of a user's Outlook Express mail and copy it to an IMAP server? Sounds easy, but it turns out it's a huge pain. Neither OE or Thunderbird will let you copy hierarchies of folders from local disk to a server. In hopes of saving you some pain down the road, here's how I ended up doing it.

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