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Re: read mail in mbox files
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Adam Sjøgren |
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Re: read mail in mbox files |
Date: |
Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:10:28 +0100 |
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:51:54 +0100, Richard wrote:
> Why is this a "spool" directory?
> The word "spool" is throwing me. I thought "spool" meant it was spooled
> to you and then stored in a backend .. like nnml.
A "(news)spool" in news-related terms is usually where the articles are
stored in a newsserver (the meaning used here).
A mail-spool is usually where mail is stored locally until the user
fetches it (/var/mail or /var/spool/mail).
In the documentation nnml is described as the backend that most closely
resembles a newsspool, so that is probably where the choice of word
comes from. And perhaps also some of the confusion.
Best regards,
Adam
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- Re: read mail in mbox files, (continued)
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Adam Sjøgren, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Adam Sjøgren, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/19
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/19
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Peter Münster, 2011/01/18
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- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Leonidas Tsampros, 2011/01/18
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- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files,
Adam Sjøgren <=
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Adam Sjøgren, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Glyn Millington, 2011/01/18
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- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Glyn Millington, 2011/01/18
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- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/19
Re: read mail in mbox files, Peter Münster, 2011/01/18