4.2.1 Plain text databases

This is the simplest database possible. It is kept in a plain text file. Each line in this file represents a single record, empty lines and lines beginning with `#' (comments) sign are ignored. Records consist of fields, each field being a sequence of characters. Fields are separated by colons (`:', ASCII 58). If `:' character occurs in a field, it is preceeded by a single backslash character (`\\', ASCII 92). A record must contain at least two fields.

1. SMTP `AUTHID'.
2. SMTP password.
3. Account name.
4. Path to user configuration file.

URL syntax

The URL syntax for this type of databases is quite simple:

text:path

where path specifies absolute file name of the database file.