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From: terry@wsccs.UUCP (terry)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: VAX MAIL -- Has anyone been able to figure out the file format?
Message-ID: <366@wsccs.UUCP>
Date: 23 Mar 88 08:49:10 GMT
References: <2354@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Lines: 14
Summary: Mail format

In article <2354@bsu-cs.UUCP>, mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writes:
> Has anyone been able to figure out what kind of layout is used for the
> VAX MAIL file.

There are anumber of sources.  You would probably be most happy with the
description in the Microfiche sources for VMS.  Barring that, you should try
to get an FDL for the file.  It uses an obscure (custom) RMS format.  In
addition, I think it intentionally tries to confuse people by scrambling
them, anyway.

What you really want to look at is the SYS$ calls to do the stuff for you,
in the system sevices reference manual.

					terry@wsccs