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for a given person. Although all account types can have multiple associated identities by design, RSS do not need this entity, as does any other account that does not interact with compose code. | for a given person. Although all account types can have multiple associated identities by design, RSS do not need this entity, as does any other account that does not interact with compose code. | ||
<code>AddressBook</code> is the central repository of the user's contacts. | <code>AddressBook</code> is the central repository of the user's contacts. Physical store of this entity is '''abook.mab''' file in the profile directory, and it is in [[Mork]] format. | ||
''See [[MailNews:Address Book|Address Book Planning]] page for recent improvements.'' | |||
Thunderbird uses a folder-based hierarchical representation to organize messages. [http://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Emre/tb/architecture/diagrams/messagefolder <code>Folder</code>] (or <code>MsgFolder</code>) is the logical entity that contains message contents belong to the same hierarchical level. Message content consists of message headers and message body including attachments. These two entities are stored in different physical stores to improve the system performance. Every <code>Account</code> has a root folder, which may have several subfolders (each potentially with their own subfolders, ad infinitum) which are actual folders on the hosting operating system. | Thunderbird uses a folder-based hierarchical representation to organize messages. [http://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Emre/tb/architecture/diagrams/messagefolder <code>Folder</code>] (or <code>MsgFolder</code>) is the logical entity that contains message contents belong to the same hierarchical level. Message content consists of message headers and message body including attachments. These two entities are stored in different physical stores to improve the system performance. Every <code>Account</code> has a root folder, which may have several subfolders (each potentially with their own subfolders, ad infinitum) which are actual folders on the hosting operating system. | ||
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[[Image:Tb-system-overview.png | TB Class diagram ]] | [[Image:Tb-system-overview.png | TB Class diagram ]] | ||
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