The Maildir e-mail format is a common way of storing email messages on a file system, rather than in a database. Each message is assigned a file with...

programs. It is typically used in Unix-like mail systems, using the mbox and Maildir storage formats. procmail was first developed in 1990, by Stephen R. van...

by the mail system and not directly accessible by individual users. The maildir mailbox format is often cited as an alternative to the mbox format for...

filtering functionality. Maildrop receives mail via stdin and delivers in both Maildir and mbox formats. Maildrop can optionally read filtering configuration...

between the maildir (single message per file) and mbox (single file per mailbox) types of email storage formats. MIX has a similarity to maildir, in that...

are: mbox – Unix mailbox format (one file holding many emails) maildir – known as maildir-lite (one file per email). As of August 2019[update] "there are...

innovations in mail (some originated by Bernstein, others not): Maildir Bernstein invented the Maildir format for qmail, which splits individual email messages...

and supports a wide variety of mail destination types, including mboxrd, maildir, and external arbitrary mail delivery agents. Unlike fetchmail, getmail's...

less." Mutt supports most mail storing formats (notably both mbox and Maildir) and protocols (POP3, IMAP, etc.). It also includes MIME support, notably...

Project, the Andrew Message System, a single file per message is used, like maildir, rather than a single file per mailbox, like mbox. See AFS and buffered...