Talk:Mbox
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[edit] Question : what tools can be used to store read modify archive and search (large) mboxes files
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I'm fairly new so I don't want to go about editing pages without being sure, but this "mbox" entry looks like it's been crudely blended into an advert for sound software. Could someone with more experience take a look? Motor 22:52, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Removed advert. I checked the German version of the page and it made no mention of either mbox software or ISP consultancies... providing further evidence that it was a crude attempt at advertising. Motor 23:11, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- Motor, I think the article was ok; It was just the link that was possibly dodgy. See your talk page for more info. Thanks. Angela
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- The obscure ISP references seemed out of place to me and it looked like someone had just dug them up as extra cover for their mbox mention and spam link. So I removed them. Apologies if I went too far. Motor 23:37, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
[edit] maildir is not being used more than mbox
I don't want to directly edit this entry, for it may be construed as an advert of some kind (my user name is very much like the name of my software company that makes a certain email utility), but this reads a bit like one of the old mbox vs. maildir flamewars. Sure, mbox has file-locking issues, but saying that it has fallen out of fashion in favor of maildir is a bit, well, wrong.
Of the most popular and commonly used MUA's out there, here's a breakdown of the mail formats they use:
Outlook: proprietary database
Outlook Express (all variants): proprietary database
Thunderbird: mbox
Eudora: mbox (though the RFC-2822 messages inside are not MIME compliant)
AOL: proprietary database
Mozilla/Netscape: mbox
Lotus Notes: proprietary database
Mulberry: mbox
Pine: mbox
Pegasus: proprietary mailboxes
Elm: mbox
QuickMail Pro: proprietary message files
Mac OS X Mail: was mbox until latest release, now proprietary message files
Opera: mbox
While there are MUA's that do use maildir, maildir and maildir++ have mostly been deployed on the server side for IMAP mail servers.
[edit] unattributed use
http://www.industrystock.com/html/Precision%20engineering/product-and-service-uk-31522.html uses data from the main entry page without crediting wikipedia, as far as i can tell.
