file locking and unlocking through use of the local filesystem. Maildir design reflects the fact that the only operations valid for an email message is that it be created, deleted or have its status changed in some way.

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Specifications

A Maildir directory (often named Maildir) usually has three subdirectories named tmp, new, and cur.

* The tmp subdirectory temporarily stores e-mail

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