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Maildir

The Maildir e-mail format is a common way of storing email messages on a file system, rather than in a database. Each message is assigned a file with a unique name, and each mail folder is a file system directory containing these files. Maildir was designed by Daniel J. Bernstein circa 1995, with a major goal of eliminating the need for program code to…

Technical operation, Software that supports Maildir directly & File-system compatibility issues

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Software that supports Maildir directly

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File-system compatibility issues

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Specifications

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Container for
Email messages in RFC 5322 form
Developed by
Daniel J. Bernstein
Extended to
Maildir++
Filename extension
None; a directory structure
Initial release
1995; 31 years ago (1995)
Internet media type
None registered

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Specifications

Technical operation

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Software that supports Maildir directly

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Maildir

Nodes67
Edges66
Triples45
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029851
Components1

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Maildir

Top relations

related to Mail servers · 10
Maildir → Dovecot IMAP, Exim SMTP, IMAP, Local, Mail Server, Mail Server SMTP, Maildrop, Rust, SMTP, The
related to Delivery agents · 6
Maildir → Fetchmailfdmmuchsync, Gmail, Haskelllieer, IMAP4Attomail, Maildir-aware, Maildir-aware MDA
related to File-system compatibility issues · 5
Maildir → It, Microsoft Windows, Novell Storage Services, Systems, The Maildir
related to Specifications · 4
Maildir → Thecursubdirectory, Thenewsubdirectory, Thetmpsubdirectory, This
related to Technical operation · 4
Maildir → At, PID, The, Unix
related to Maildir++ · 3
Maildir → Courier Mail Server, Sam Varshavchik, The
Container for · 1
Maildir → Email messages in RFC 5322 form
Developed by · 1
Maildir → Daniel J. Bernstein
Extended to · 1
Maildir → Maildir++
Filename extension · 1
Maildir → None; a directory structure

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file message mail messages system email number systems unique delivery filename flags process daniel bernstein software also format dovecot directory

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MaildirContainer forEmail messages in RFC 5322 form1.00infobox
MaildirDeveloped byDaniel J. Bernstein1.00infobox
MaildirExtended toMaildir++1.00infobox
MaildirFilename extensionNone; a directory structure1.00infobox
MaildirInitial release1995; 31 years ago (1995)1.00infobox
MaildirInternet media typeNone registered1.00infobox
MaildirStandardDe facto, per Bernstein's Using maildir format1.00infobox
MaildirType of formatEmail mailbox storage1.00infobox
MaildirWebsitecr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html1.00infobox
biffinstance ofto utilities0.80text
rsyncinstance ofto utilities0.80text
which may or may not be aware of the maildir structureinstance ofto utilities0.80text

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