Re: [exim] configuring for pop and aliases

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Author: Andreas Metzler
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] configuring for pop and aliases
On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 04:55:35PM +0100, Dermot Paikkos wrote:
[...]
> Under 4.2 (or later) I am guessing that I no longer need to use a
> pipe and can use a mail_dir format directly. I say guess as I can not
> find a spop anywhere. So first question is what mail_dir format
> should I use for popd? popd seems to use ^A^A^A^A
> ^A^A^A^A as a delimiter for each email.

[...]

That is no "mail_dir format".- maildir uses one separate file per mail
and therefore does not need a delimiter, what you are describing is
mmdf.

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