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Article #970What is the format of a mailbox file?
From: Steven D. Majewski
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:30
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:30
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What is the format of a unix mailbox file and where can the definition be found. ( I didn't see any pointers in the man page for 'mail'. ) How is the status of new, read, etc. indicated in the file? BTW: the reason for the question is that I need to write a filter to split/merge and generally reorganize my mailboxes. If anyone has any hints on a good program to do this, I'm listening. And that's why I've tacked 'comp.lang.perl' onto the Newsgroups line. I would expect someone must have done something like this in Perl, already. - Steve ======== "If you have a hammer, find a nail" - George Bush,'91 ========= Steven D. Majewski University of Virginia Physiology Dept. sdm7g@Virginia.EDU Box 449 Health Sciences Center Voice: (804)-982-0831/32 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue FAX: (804)-982-1616 Charlottesville, VA 22908
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.lang.perl Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!murdoch!aemsun.med.Virginia.EDU!sdm7g From: sdm7g@aemsun.med.Virginia.EDU (Steven D. Majewski) Subject: What is the format of a mailbox file? Message-ID: <1992Aug26.203046.25591@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Followup-To: comp.mail.misc Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: University of Virginia - Physiology Dept. Distribution: na Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:30:46 GMT Lines: 20