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3*ae316d1dSXin LI# $File: mmdf,v 1.7 2024/02/29 03:40:37 christos Exp $
4b6cee71dSXin LI# mmdf:  file(1) magic for MMDF mail files
5*ae316d1dSXin LI# Update:	Joerg Jenderek Feb 2024
6*ae316d1dSXin LI# URL:		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMDF
7*ae316d1dSXin LI# Reference:	https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E88353_01/html/E37852/mmdf-5.html
8*ae316d1dSXin LI# Note:		Multi-channel Memorandum Distribution Facility (MMDF) mailbox format is a legacy variant of mbox format
9*ae316d1dSXin LI#		(handled by ./mail.news); each message is surrounded by lines containing 4 control-A
10b6cee71dSXin LI#
11*ae316d1dSXin LI0	string	\001\001\001\001
12*ae316d1dSXin LI# GRR: MMDF mailbox (strength=70=70+0 ./mmdf) after D64 Image (strength=70=70+0 ./c64) Targa image data (strength=70=110-40 ./images)
13*ae316d1dSXin LI# and before "PDP-11 UNIX/RT ldp" (strength=50=50+0 ./pdp)
14*ae316d1dSXin LI#!:strength +0
15*ae316d1dSXin LI# skip few Commodore disc Image where first content are initialized with ^A like "The Great Gianna Sisters.d64"
16*ae316d1dSXin LI# by looking for following valid line terminator (10=0Ah~LineFeed or 13=0Dh~CarriageReturn)
17*ae316d1dSXin LI#>4		ubyte&0xF8	=0x08	MMDF mailbox
18*ae316d1dSXin LI# or by looking for MBOX Mailbox (/mail.news) characteristic like:
19*ae316d1dSXin LI# https://github.com/dfandrich/oldmailconvert/blob/master/testdata/uupc.input.1
20*ae316d1dSXin LI>5	search/610/b		From\ 	MMDF mailbox
21*ae316d1dSXin LI#!:mime	application/octet-stream
22*ae316d1dSXin LI!:mime	message/x-mmdf
23*ae316d1dSXin LI# https://github.com/dfandrich/oldmailconvert/blob/master/testdata/maillog.expected.2
24*ae316d1dSXin LI# but default mailbox name is like /usr/spool/mail/username
25*ae316d1dSXin LI!:ext	/mmdf
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