Use the date from the From_ line if possible
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/net/examples/mail/IMAPImportMbox.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/net/examples/mail/IMAPImportMbox.java
index 6c689da..eaeb0a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/net/examples/mail/IMAPImportMbox.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/net/examples/mail/IMAPImportMbox.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
loaded++;
}
} catch (IOException e) {
- System.out.println(imap.getReplyString());
+ System.out.println("Error processing msg: " + total + " " + imap.getReplyString());
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(10);
return;
@@ -151,15 +151,27 @@
return m.lookingAt();
}
+ private static String getDate(String msg) {
+ final Pattern FROM_RE = Pattern.compile("From \\S+ +\\S+ (\\S+) ?(\\S+) (\\S+) (\\S+)"); // From SENDER Fri Sep 13 17:04:01 2019
+ // [Fri] Sep 13 HMS 2019
+ // output date: 13-Sep-2019 17:04:01 +0000
+ String date = null;
+ Matcher m = FROM_RE.matcher(msg);
+ if (m.lookingAt()) {
+ date = m.group(2)+"-"+m.group(1)+"-"+m.group(4)+" "+m.group(3)+" +0000";
+ }
+ return date;
+ }
+
private static boolean process(final StringBuilder sb, final IMAPClient imap, final String folder
,final int msgNum) throws IOException {
final int length = sb.length();
boolean haveMessage = length > 2;
if (haveMessage) {
System.out.println("MsgNum: " + msgNum +" Length " + length);
- sb.setLength(length-2); // drop trailing CRLF
+ sb.setLength(length-2); // drop trailing CRLF (mbox format has trailing blank line)
String msg = sb.toString();
- if (!imap.append(folder, null, null, msg)) {
+ if (!imap.append(folder, null, getDate(msg), msg)) {
throw new IOException("Failed to import message: " + msgNum + " " + imap.getReplyString());
}
}
