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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex index e74848b..9047a61 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex @@ -69,10 +69,18 @@ mailbox specified by \var{dirname} is made available. \end{classdesc} \begin{classdesc}{BabylMailbox}{fp\optional{, factory}} -Access a Babyl mailbox, which is similar to an MMDF mailbox. Mail -messages start with a line containing only \code{'*** EOOH ***'} and -end with a line containing only \code{'\e{}037\e{}014'}. -\var{factory} is as with the \class{UnixMailbox} class. +Access a Babyl mailbox, which is similar to an MMDF mailbox. In +Babyl format, each message has two sets of headers, the +\emph{original} headers and the \emph{visible} headers. The original +headers appear before a a line containing only \code{'*** EOOH ***'} +(End-Of-Original-Headers) and the visible headers appear after the +\code{EOOH} line. Babyl-compliant mail readers will show you only the +visible headers, and \class{BabylMailbox} objects will return messages +containing only the visible headers. You'll have to do your own +parsing of the mailbox file to get at the original headers. Mail +messages start with the EOOH line and end with a line containing only +\code{'\e{}037\e{}014'}. \var{factory} is as with the +\class{UnixMailbox} class. \end{classdesc} |