[nzlug] imap question

[Warren Boyd]

On 2006-10-13, at 11:10 , Ralph Slooten wrote:

> Hi,
>
> anru chen wrote:
>> hi all,
>>
>> just want to know where is the place that imap server store email?
>
> That depends on a) what imap software you are using, and b) how that
> software is configured. The most common places I guess are in the  
> user's
> home directory in either ~/Maildir or ~/.maildir.

It all depends on the software + configuration - some imap software  
may even place the email in a database, rather than files...

Regards,
Warren.