I have read your emails twice and I am not sure what you are asking about. Are you interested in the format on the network? or in a file?
-- Russell Senior [email protected] On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10/7/25 11:17 AM, Galen Seitz wrote: > > On 10/7/25 08:48, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> I access a POP server with SeaMonkey running on a Debian system. > >> Eventually I want to understand the structure SeaMonkey uses for > >> storing its mailbox files. > >> > >> This is the first time I've dived into the details of email. > >> > >> My initial underlying question is "What does a stream of bytes > >> representing an email look like as it leaves a POP server?" > >> > >> I'm looking for background that will allow me to ask intelligent > >> questions ;} > > > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol> > > <https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1939.txt> > > My question poorly phrased. > Those might be termed a discussion of ~"handshake protocol", I was > looking for structure of message content. > Still poorly phrased. > > > > > A quick search suggests that the Seamonkey email client stores email in > > MBOX format. > > <https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000383.shtml> > > That comes closer to what I'm looking for. > I'd already found it and my dissatisfaction with it was part of what > prompted my post. > Thanks for trying. > > > > > > galen >
