Re: Help with the format of NOS email files

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From: Paul Civati
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 00:00

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In article <46560650_000003_OASIS_NEWS@the-gap.demon.co.uk>,
	gary@the-gap.demon.co.uk (Gary Priest) writes:

> Can anyone tell me the format of email when it is downloaded via NOS (ie.
> before anyother processing by Oasis1 etc.).
> I think it downloads files such as gary.txt and mail.log, but can't see how
> individual emails are separated within gary.txt :(
> Does anyone know? Can anyone help?

I think it's just standard unix mbox separation, using the 'From ' line
at the top of each mail header.

FYI, the MTA that Demon use, MMDF, uses four control-A's between each
message, ie. ^A^A^A^A.  Those are the main two mail separators in use.

-Paul-

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