Why does mailx see 0 messages in my mbox file?

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I have an MBOX file created by dragging a folder from Outlook (For Mac v.16) into Finder (because the Export wizard in Outlook For Mac only generates OLM files).



I can look at the MBOX contents as plain text, and it looks sane. I would like to verify the number of messages contained. But mailx doesn't seem to see any messages:



% mailx -f archive.mbox
Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help.
"archive.mbox": 0 messages
? f
No applicable messages
? h
No applicable messages
?



I realize it's a very old version of mailx, but that is what shipped with the Mac.



How does mailx expect messages to be delimited in the MBOX file? Could I fix this with a simple find-replace?









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    I have an MBOX file created by dragging a folder from Outlook (For Mac v.16) into Finder (because the Export wizard in Outlook For Mac only generates OLM files).



    I can look at the MBOX contents as plain text, and it looks sane. I would like to verify the number of messages contained. But mailx doesn't seem to see any messages:



    % mailx -f archive.mbox
    Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help.
    "archive.mbox": 0 messages
    ? f
    No applicable messages
    ? h
    No applicable messages
    ?



    I realize it's a very old version of mailx, but that is what shipped with the Mac.



    How does mailx expect messages to be delimited in the MBOX file? Could I fix this with a simple find-replace?









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      I have an MBOX file created by dragging a folder from Outlook (For Mac v.16) into Finder (because the Export wizard in Outlook For Mac only generates OLM files).



      I can look at the MBOX contents as plain text, and it looks sane. I would like to verify the number of messages contained. But mailx doesn't seem to see any messages:



      % mailx -f archive.mbox
      Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help.
      "archive.mbox": 0 messages
      ? f
      No applicable messages
      ? h
      No applicable messages
      ?



      I realize it's a very old version of mailx, but that is what shipped with the Mac.



      How does mailx expect messages to be delimited in the MBOX file? Could I fix this with a simple find-replace?









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      I have an MBOX file created by dragging a folder from Outlook (For Mac v.16) into Finder (because the Export wizard in Outlook For Mac only generates OLM files).



      I can look at the MBOX contents as plain text, and it looks sane. I would like to verify the number of messages contained. But mailx doesn't seem to see any messages:



      % mailx -f archive.mbox
      Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help.
      "archive.mbox": 0 messages
      ? f
      No applicable messages
      ? h
      No applicable messages
      ?



      I realize it's a very old version of mailx, but that is what shipped with the Mac.



      How does mailx expect messages to be delimited in the MBOX file? Could I fix this with a simple find-replace?







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