[pmmail-list] mail file names

[Boris Kirkorowicz]

Hi,

On Tue, 07 May 2002 17:27:14 -0400, PMMail 2000 Support wrote:

>The 7:th charachter is picked from this list: >"0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
>It is usually always the first character ('0'). However, if that
>file for some reason exists, 

...exists in the same folder, account or in the whole PMMail directory
tree?


>the next N:th character in the list
>is used until PMMail can get a filename that is unique. This will
>for instance happen whenever PMMail creates more than 1 
>file/second. As you can see, PMMail has a builtin limit of 62
>files per second. If PMMail downloads messages faster than this,
>it will no longer work correctly ;-)

What will happen then: will the existing file be overwritten?
What will happen if I e.g. create or rename a file using an ascii
editor, file manager or "copy con..."? What if the file name does not
meet the creation date? Or is it the date/time written down to the
header?







Gruß                              Greetings
          Boris Kirkorowicz

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