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mailstore

mailstore noun: a structure in a file system that stores electronic mail.

Noun

mailstore (plural mailstores)

  1. A structure in a file system that stores electronic mail.
    • Not too long ago, most mailstores consisted of a single text file per user containing the user's messages concatenated together within that file.2000, Dianna Mullet, Kevin Mullet, Managing IMAP, page 6

Forms of mailstore

pluralmailstores

Origin of mailstore

From mail + store.

Questions about mailstore

What does mailstore mean?
Mailstore means a structure in a file system that stores electronic mail.
What part of speech is mailstore?
Mailstore is a noun.
What is the plural of mailstore?
The plural of mailstore is mailstores.

Words near mailstore in the dictionary

  1. mailshots
  2. mailshotted
  3. mailshotting
  4. mailslot
  5. mailslots
  6. mailstore
  7. mailstores
  8. mailstorm
  9. mailstorms
  10. mailvan
  11. mailvans

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