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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-05-11 20:51:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-05-11 20:51:18 +0000 |
| commit | aa5b411b41978f3835c49850dd567fc284d9aad5 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ab1a0e461997180ff786b74b4a6a6797a811543 /Doc/library/mailbox.rst | |
| parent | 2b576d22af93c3fe0f5cae4277d0cd3a4de7c066 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-aa5b411b41978f3835c49850dd567fc284d9aad5.tar.gz | |
#756982: Remove rfc822 reference.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst index 6db68ee2fc..e437b7a5d0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst +++ b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -.. class:: Maildir(dirname[, factory=rfc822.Message[, create=True]]) +.. class:: Maildir(dirname[, factory=None[, create=True]]) A subclass of :class:`Mailbox` for mailboxes in Maildir format. Parameter *factory* is a callable object that accepts a file-like message representation @@ -286,10 +286,7 @@ Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF. representation. If *create* is ``True``, the mailbox is created if it does not exist. - It is for historical reasons that *factory* defaults to :class:`rfc822.Message` - and that *dirname* is named as such rather than *path*. For a :class:`Maildir` - instance that behaves like instances of other :class:`Mailbox` subclasses, set - *factory* to ``None``. + It is for historical reasons that *dirname* is named as such rather than *path*. Maildir is a directory-based mailbox format invented for the qmail mail transfer agent and now widely supported by other programs. Messages in a |