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+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+import argparse
+import traceback
+
+from xenu_nntp.config    import Config
+from xenu_nntp.db        import Database
+from xenu_nntp.newsgroup import Newsgroup
+from xenu_nntp.mbox      import MBoxReader
+
+class ImportException(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, path: str, line: int, error: str):
+        self.path  = path
+        self.line  = line
+        self.error = error
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "Error importing %s at line %d: %s" % (
+            self.path, self.line, self.error
+        )
+
+class Importer():
+    def __init__(self, db: Database, newsgroup: Newsgroup, args):
+        self.db        = db
+        self.newsgroup = newsgroup
+        self.args      = args
+
+    def import_mbox_file(db: Database, newsgroup: Newsgroup, mboxfile: str):
+        reader = MBoxReader(mboxfile)
+
+        try:
+            for message in reader.messages():
+                if self.args.verbose and not self.args.quiet:
+                    print(f"Importing message {message.id}")
+                    
+                db.add(message)
+
+                db.execute(f'insert into newsgroup_message values (%s, %s)',
+                    (newsgroup.id, message.id))
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise ImportException(mboxfile, reader.line, str(e))
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Create new account')
+parser.add_argument('--dry-run',           action='store_true', help='Do not commit to database')
+parser.add_argument('--quiet',             action='store_true', help='Do not print errors')
+parser.add_argument('--verbose',           action='store_true', help='Print messages when importing files and messages')
+parser.add_argument('--ignore-errors',     action='store_true', help='Do not exit on encountering errors')
+parser.add_argument('--config-file', '-f', type=str,            help='Specify a configuration file location')
+parser.add_argument('newsgroup',           type=str,            help='Name of newsgroup to ingest articles into')
+parser.add_argument('mboxfile',            type=str, nargs='+', help='mbox file to ingest')
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+config    = Config.load(args.config_file)
+db        = Database.from_config(config)
+newsgroup = db.get(Newsgroup, {'name': args.newsgroup})
+
+db.execute("begin transaction")
+
+for mboxfile in args.mboxfile:
+    if args.verbose and not args.quiet:
+        print(f"Importing mbox file {mboxfile}")
+
+    try:
+        import_mbox_file(db, newsgroup, mboxfile)
+    except ImportException as e:
+        if not args.quiet:
+            print(str(e), file=sys.stderr)
+
+        if not args.ignore_errors:
+            exit(1)
+
+if not args.dry_run:
+    db.commit()