format of INBOX

Bob Smith slyders at ix.netcom.com
Wed May 12 14:38:04 UTC 2004


From<space>sender at domain...

Where <space> is...  Followed by the RFC-822 header.

If you use vim, it will show you the headers color coded from the rest 
of the message.

If you're going to programming reading the email files, you might 
consider using the Java mail packages and save yourself the trouble.

-Bob



dbrett wrote:

>Does any body know how the start and end of individual emails are
>identified in the file INBOX?
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