# mail-to-pdf
Save emails in pdf
including the attachments.
Convenient for mbox (possibly recursive),
and thunderbird.
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## Introduction
```mail-to-pdf``` is aimed at saving emails (as mbox files) in pdf, including the attachments.
Each email of a mbox file is saved in a directory, named by its
sending date followed by the object of the email.
The mail body is saved as a pdf, and its name is the sending
date followed by the object of the email.
Attachments are also saved, in their original format (jpeg, mp3, zip file,...)
## Installation and usage
```
npm install -g mail-to-pdf
mail-to-pdf --input --output-dir /tmp/mail-to-pdf
```
## Usage options
* ```--input ```: save as pdf the email provided by ```--input``` options, which is either a mbox file, or a directory. In this latter case, all mbox files of the directory are processed.
By default, the emails in thunderbird are processed (limitation: only valid on windows)
* ```--output-dir ```: output directory where all the emails are stored. Note that each email is saved in its own directory, along with its attachments.
* ```--no-parallel```: by default, parallel processing is performed to speed-up the process. Use this option to have sequential processing
* ```--force```: emails that were already saved as pdf are not re-processed by default. Use this option to force regenerating them
* ```--dryrun```: inputs are processed (to get statistics), but no file is generated (neither pdf nor attachments).
## Developer corner
```
git clone git@github.com:pascal-brand38/mail-to-pdf.git
cd mail-to-pdf
npm install
npm run build
npm install -g .
node dist/mail-to-pdf.mjs --help
```