mbox mailbox file format, used
by many 3rd-party MUAs including Netscape, Mozilla, mutt, elm, and pine.See: Description
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| MboxFolder |
The folder class implementing a UNIX mbox-format mailbox.
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| MboxMessage |
The message class implementing the Mbox mail protocol.
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| MboxStore |
The storage class implementing the Mbox mailbox file format.
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This is a provider for the UNIX mbox mailbox file format, used
by many 3rd-party MUAs including Netscape, Mozilla, mutt, elm, and pine.
Further information about the format of an mbox mailbox is available here.
This provider supports the following properties:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| mail.mbox.mailhome | directory path | The path to a directory that holds mbox mailboxes and/or directories. Such files and directories will be exposed as mail folders by the provider. |
| mail.mbox.inbox | file path | The path to a file which should be considered to be the primary inbox
(equivalent to the MAIL environment variable). Requests for "INBOX" will
return this file as a Folder. If not set, and the attemptfallback property
is set to true (see below),
/var/mail/${user.name},
/var/spool/mail/${user.name}, and
${user.home}/Mailbox will be attempted, in that order. |
| mail.mbox.attemptfallback | boolean | Whether to try to locate the mail spool in some common (UNIX) locations. |