Difference between revisions of "Email"

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** [http://siarchives.si.edu/cerp/ CERP Project] [http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/mail-account E-Mail Account Schema]
 
** [http://siarchives.si.edu/cerp/ CERP Project] [http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/mail-account E-Mail Account Schema]
 
** [http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/mbox.html mbox] ('''implemented in 0.7''')
 
** [http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/mbox.html mbox] ('''implemented in 0.7''')
** maildir ('''implemented in 0.9)
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** [http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html maildir] ('''implemented in 0.9)
  
 
==Access Format==
 
==Access Format==
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==Attachments==
 
==Attachments==
* These should be normalized according to the media type preservation plan for each attachment file format. Attachments must remain linked to email message; in 0.7.1 this is achieved by attaching the number in the filename of the individual mbox file email to the filename of its attachment(s): eg:
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* These should be normalized according to the media type preservation plan for each attachment file format. Attachments must remain linked to email message
**''4.mbox'' (the message)
 
**''4-report.gif'' (the attachment)
 
**''4-report.tif'' (the normalized attachment)
 
  
 
==Normalization tool==
 
==Normalization tool==

Revision as of 13:46, 26 July 2012

Main Page > Documentation > Media type preservation plans > Email

Email preservation planning is currently under development. See also Email preservation.

Significant characteristics of email

Preservation Format

Access Format

  • Options:
    • mbox (implemented in 0.7)

Attachments

  • These should be normalized according to the media type preservation plan for each attachment file format. Attachments must remain linked to email message

Normalization tool

Conversion test results

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