Re: [UUG/MLUG] /var/spool/mail/...

[Paul Saab <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

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paul

Steve Holdener (EMAIL:PROTECTED) wrote:
> Is anyone out there familiar with mail utilities?
> 
> I wanted to write a Java program that would grab my mail file from showme,
> download it to the local machine, and parse out the individual mail
> messages...kind of a popmail client, I guess.  Anyway, I can't figure out
> how a mail reader separates the messages.  Performing 'od -hc username |
> more' in /var/spool/mail/ shows that the only separation between messages
> is "\n\n".  Not exactly a great delimiter, huh?
> 
> Is there more logic involved?  For instance, searching for "\n\nFrom"
> would be a little better, but certainly not perfect.  Or, is there another
> file I need to look at or something?
> 
> -Steve Holdener
> EMAIL:PROTECTED
> 
> "Oh, what a life a mess can be."
>                      -Jay Farrar