soyMAIL creates and maintains several files in the same directory
as the users MAIL.MAI file. The names are all prefixed with SOYMAIL_ (an
underscore). Needless-to-say these files should not be deleted or edited
without good reason and care. Doing so potentially disrupts the users
soyMAIL environment. Some, all, multiple instances, or none of
these may be present at any given time.
Filename
Purpose
SOYMAIL_nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.ATT
Binary content attachment file either
saved from a message or uploaded via the composition page.
SOYMAIL_CONTACTS.LDIF
LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) file
containing users contact and address information.
SOYMAIL_DRAFT.TXT
Not used with v1.3 or later.
SOYMAIL_OPTIONS.TXT
Plain text configuration file storing the users
option settings.
SOYMAIL_SIGNATURE.TXT
Plain text file containing the
soyMAIL-specific signature.
The soyMAIL message read attachment (message part) extract button
(where not VMS-occluded) allows message components to be written to the VMS
user account home directory. All files created have the name prefixed with
SOYMAIL- (a hyphen) and the rest generated from the attachment/part name.
If that part name contains a file type (e.g. .GIF, .PDF, .TXT)
then that is used in the name. If it does not contain such a type then
soyMAIL attempts to generate one from the MIME content-type.