On 4/11/02 6:11 AM, "Chris Ridd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> disciple1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> It is a file used by some Unix mail systems for storing multiple mail
>>> messages. Each user would have their own mbox file, and IIRC the file
>>> basically contained mail messages separated by blank lines, and each
>>> message started with: "From <some email address>".
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> So can any other software open and read this file, or is it only
>> entourage?
>
> Yup. Word, TextEdit, that sort of thing, should all be able to open mbox
> files.
>
> As far as other mail clients go, Mail.app probably can, and I'm sure lots
> of others can as well. It is a pretty simple format to support, as you can
> see!
>
It's actually a specially-constructed text file, so any text editor can open
it. But not by double-clicking, of course - Entourage's "creator code" tells
Entourage to do that. Other email programs use them, but sometimes need the
file-type changed first. Eudora uses them, but apparently you have to change
the file-type from "MBOX" to "TEXT" That can be done with file utilities
such as File Buddy or Snitch in OS 8/9; there must be some in OS X too. A
couple of lines of AppleScript can do it too:
set theFile to choose file -- you get to select it here
tell application "Finder"
set file type of theFile to "TEXT"
set creator type of theFile to "ttxt" -- probably do this too
end tell
In OS X, you can probably do that just by changing the extension from
".mbox" to ".txt". This is just for Eudora. I think Apple's Mail uses MBOX
flies as MBOX files (don't change file type) somewhere inside its package.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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