| Message.framework | |
|---|---|
| Private Framework | |
| Available | 2.0 – present |
Message is the framework that manages mail messages.
Structure of Email messages storage
Email messages are mainly stored in the SQLite3 database (or anything returned in ), and supplemented by the file hierarchy in this directory. The correct database will be used only when you login as .
The database has 6 tables, the main 3 are , and .
Mailbox
Mailboxes are email-storing "folders" in an account. Each mailbox has an associated URL like and . The database records only the number of total, unread and deleted downloaded messages.
Messages
Messages are the actual emails. The metadata are stored in the and the actual messages themselves are in , and if they're too big, the file system.