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Subject:Mail Software Terminology From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Wed, 25 Jun 1997 11:34:00 +0800
Janice -
> Any answers from reference books or definitive industry sources
> would be much appreciated.
I doubt you'd find a definitive answer at the moment. My vote, FWIW, is
for 'inbox'. When we talk about other files and resources belonging to
a user, we don't usually capitalise --
the user's home directory
the user's password
the user's shell
"The user's inbox" is a little newer but reads OK I think.
BTW I had a look at the Help for Mailtool, and 'In-Box' does look a bit
weird and old-fashioned.
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Stuart Burnfield I believe I deserve some peace and quiet.
Functional Software Pty Ltd Note that this is my opinion only and mailto:slb -at- fs -dot- com -dot- au not that of my kids.
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