>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 http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.4 for NT4 & W2K http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
