regexp matching question

[Tony Abou-Assaleh]

Yes, mbox. Thanks.

TAA

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On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, John Sellens wrote:

> | From: Tony Abou-Assaleh <taa-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org>
> |
> | In short, if you're dealing with a (valid, non-corrupted) maildir file,
> | then it is safe to use '^From ' as a message delimiter.
>
> If you're dealing with a maildir file, wouldn't it be simpler to
> use the end of the file as the message delimiter? (Maildir format
> is one message per file.)
>
> Perhaps you were thinking of the "mbox" format that is typically
> used in places like /var/spool/mail/userid?  "mbox" uses "^From "
> as the message delimiter.  (FreeBSD has an mbox(5) man page.)
> (I had always thought the delimiter was "\n\nFrom " but apparently
> I'm incorrect.)
>
> John
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