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Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

  > Gnus uses Content-Length headers, when they exist, to determine where to
  > split messages.  When they do not exist, it uses SMTP envelopes (what you
  > mistakenly call 'headers') just like Berkeley mail and every POP server
  > known to me to delimit messages.

Why should a POP server delimit messages in mbox style?  The POP
protocol says (I think) that a message is terminated by a "." line,
and internally, the POP server could well use any mechanism for
storing messages, such as a file per message, or an RDBMS.

kai
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