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From:Andrew Crowe
Date:4 Apr 2001 at 00:33:12
Subject:Re: email transfers

Hi Everybody,

>> to the PC and read it, or are they stored in a proprietary format
>> once downloaded?
>
> AFAIK they are just standard text files, there are no special
> formats for e-mail messages (other than MIME stuff etc. but that is
> standard anyway, I think :)
>
>> Also, where the hell does OE store its messages?!?
>
> Its not like YAM, it doesn't store them in individual files (because
> OE is, as Matt would say, a crock of sh*t ;) it stores them in one
> huge "swapfile" kinda thing, which makes importing/exporting them
> very difficult.
>
> Which is why I use PMMail 2000 on my PC. Search for "pmmail" on
> http://download.cnet.com

Why not run WinUAE and use Yam? Thats what I do on my PC at work ;)

(You'll need a fast PC tho, where's that PC port of Yam when you need
it? :)

See ya :)



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