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George

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Feb 19, 2005, 11:03:33 AM2/19/05
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Hello
Could anybody tell me in Eudora whats the difference between a folder and a
Mailbox. There seems to be a choice when creating a folder for storage.
Many Thanks


George

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Feb 19, 2005, 11:20:38 AM2/19/05
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"Ken Robinson" <kenr...@rbnsn.com> wrote in message
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> A folder can hold Mailboxes. A Mailbox holds the mail messages.
>
> It is the same as any operating system with a hierarchy of directories
> and files. A directory can hold files. Files hold content. So think of
> "Folders <==> Directories" and "Mailboxes <==> Files".
>
> Ken

Hello Ken
Thankyou very much for your explanation. I understand what you mean.
>


Ken Robinson

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Feb 19, 2005, 11:19:39 AM2/19/05
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A folder can hold Mailboxes. A Mailbox holds the mail messages.

Steve Urbach

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Feb 19, 2005, 11:31:29 AM2/19/05
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:03:33 -0000, "George" <geo...@noemail.com>
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Folders can contain Mailboxes.

I have a CLUBS folder.
Inside that, I have a mailbox for each club

Welcome to the world of inconsistant computer Naming
Eudora is not wrong because a 'mailbox' is a single computer file (it
has a companion Index file) that contains all the messages for that
mailbox (including the ones that have been deleted but not cleaned up
yet).

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