| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 4 Apr 2001 at 01:00:01 |
| Subject: | Re: email transfers |
Gareth Griffiths said,
> On Tue, 03 Apr 2001 22:28:39 +0000, Kevin Twyman wrote:
>> 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 :)
They are text files, but in a particular format. Although individual
programs may use their own storage method, they ought to import and
export standard UUCP format mails.
>> 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.
A single file is the standard way of storing mail. It doesn't make
import/export difficult. That's caused by the lack of standard
import/export commands in the software.
Neil
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