What mail box (drop file) format does DMail use?
DMail uses the Sendmail ‘standard’ format for user drop files (mail boxes). This is where all messages for each user are appended onto the end of one file. The messages are separated by a blank line and a line starting with ‘From …’ (the syntax of the From line can need to be specific). There is an added complication that when a user connects to DPOP to collect their mail, DPOP removes the mail from that file and converts it to its own bin file format. See various sections in the Disk Administration section for more details. NB: if your users run some sort of command line program that directly accesses the drop_file then you need to use, the tellpop drop command to make DPOP convert its bin files back to a drop file for that user. You can set this to be done automatically on pop logout – see drop_users.
