Package gnu.mail.providers.mbox
This is a provider for the UNIX mbox mailbox file format, used
by many 3rd-party MUAs including Netscape, Mozilla, mutt, elm, and pine.
| MboxFolder | The folder class implementing a UNIX mbox-format mailbox. |
| MboxMessage | The message class implementing the Mbox mail protocol. |
| MboxStore | The storage class implementing the Mbox mailbox file format. |
This is a provider for the UNIX
mbox mailbox file format, used
by many 3rd-party MUAs including Netscape, Mozilla, mutt, elm, and pine.
Further information about the format of an mbox mailbox is available
here.
This provider supports the following properties:
| Name |
Type |
Description |
| mail.mbox.mailhome |
directory path |
The path to a directory that holds mbox mailboxes and/or directories.
Such files and directories will be exposed as mail folders by the
provider. |
| mail.mbox.inbox |
file path |
The path to a file which should be considered to be the primary inbox
(equivalent to the MAIL environment variable). Requests for "INBOX" will
return this file as a Folder. If not set, and the attemptfallback property
is set to true (see below),
/var/mail/${user.name},
/var/spool/mail/${user.name}, and
${user.home}/Mailbox will be attempted, in that order. |
| mail.mbox.attemptfallback |
boolean |
Whether to try to locate the mail spool in some common (UNIX)
locations. |