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>
A quick search suggests that the Seamonkey email client stores email in
MBOX format.
<https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000383.shtml>
galen
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