>Would anyone know how attachments are stored by the server. Specifically, 
>how are multiple recipients of attachments stored. In other words, if a 
>send a 1MB attachment to 5 people, does the server store 5 copies of it?

yes, encoded and stored in the main.mbx file.

5 different recipients, means 5 distinct copies of the attachement, one per 
each of the 5 mbx files.

be adventurous.   create a dummy mail account, send it a msg with an 
attachment, then go look in its .mbx file

Len

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