SamVarshavchikAuthorCourier Mail Servermaildirmake1Double Precision, Inc.maildirmakecreate maildirs and maildir foldersmaildirmakeoptionsmaildirDESCRIPTION
The maildirmake command creates maildirs, and
maildir folders.
This documentation
describes the maildirmake command from the
Courier mail server,
which creates an extended form of maildirs that implements
additional extensions beyond the basic maildir properties that were first
implemented in the Qmail mail server.OPTIONS-Screate a "sharable" maildir. A sharable maildir has
slightly different permissions which allows creation of publicly-shared
folders.-qquotainstall a quota on the maildir.
See
maildirquota7, below.-ffolderdo not create a maildir, but create a folder in an
existing maildir.-FfolderLike the -f option, except
that the folder's name is given using the system locale's
character set. Non-Latin characters in the folder's name
must be given to the -f option using IMAP's
modified-UTF7 encoding. The -F option
takes the folder name specified using the console's character
set..-smodecreate a publicly accessible folder in an
existing sharable maildir. First, use the option to
create a sharable maildir.
Then, run maildirmake again with the
option to create
publicly accessible folders.
mode is a comma-separated list of
the following keywords: read - readonly folder, only you can
write messages to this folder;
write - anyone can read and
write messages to this folder;
group - only allow members of
your own system group to access messages in this folder (instead of
everyone).--addname=pathname,
--delname
create or delete the directories and links needed to
access shared folders. See below for more information.FOLDERS
This maildirmake command supports enhanced maildirs that
contain folders.
By itself, maildirmake makes a new subdirectory
maildir,
and creates all the necessary structures.
The option
creates a new "folder" within an existing
maildir. maildir must
already exist, and the maildirmake command will create a new
folder in the maildir.
Folders are simply subdirectories inside the main maildir whose names start
with a period, and which are themselves maildirs.
For example, the command
"maildirmake -f Drafts mail/Maildir" creates
mail/Maildir/.Drafts,
that has the usual tmp,
new and cur.
You MUST use the option, instead of
specifying mail/Maildir/.Drafts directly,
in order to correctly
initialize certain enhanced maildir features.Folders cannot be created directly within other folders.
Running
maildirmake -f Urgent mail/Maildir/.Drafts will not work.
Instead, the period character is designated as a hierarchy separator, run
maildirmake -f Drafts.Urgent mail/Maildir instead.
This creates
mail/Maildir/.Drafts.Urgent, and all mail software
that supports
enhanced maildirs will interpret it as a subfolder Urgent of the Drafts
folder.SHARED FOLDERS
This is another extension to the Maildir format that allows folders to be
shared between multiple clients.
The Courier
IMAP server implements two types of shared folders:
filesystem permission-based shared folders,
as well as virtual shared folders based on IMAP access control lists.
Use the maildirmake command
to implement shared folders based on
filesystem permissions.
The
maildiracl1
command manages access control lists, which
are used by virtual shared folders.
See the Courier
IMAP server documentation for more information.
First, you need to create a collection of
sharable folders, as a separate maildir:
maildirmake -S /usr/local/share/maildirs/notices
Then, create individuals folders that will be accessed in shared mode:
In this example, the "Weekly" folder is created,
with read/write access to everyone.
Multiple folders can be created in the same maildir, with different access
permissions. Everyone can create a sharable maildir. The access privileges
for individual folders are set by the option, and are
implemented using traditional filesystem permissions.Use the and
options to add a sharable maildir to
an existing maildir. Client software that implements this extension will now
know where to find sharable folders:
$HOME/Maildir is your main maildir.
The argument to
is nick=path.
nick is a nickname for this collection of
sharable folders, and path is the location of the
sharable maildir.
All folders in the sharable maildir that you have access to -- such
as "Weekly", in this case, will now be accessible.
Multiple sharable maildirs can be added, by giving each one a unique
nick.
The option "disconnects" the sharable maildir from
the main maildir.GLOBAL SHARED FOLDERS
Normally command must be run for every maildir
which needs
to access the sharable maildir. Alternatively the file
@sysconfdir@/maildirshared can be created,
to specify a default set of sharable maildirs.
Each line in this file takes the following format:
nick<tab>path
nick is a short nickname for
the sharable maildir, <tab>
is a single tab character, path
is the pathname to the sharable maildir.ACCESSING SHARED FOLDERS
You may have read or write access to a shared folder.
If you have write
access, you can add messages to the shared folder. You can also delete
messages that you've added.Anyone can create a sharable maildir, so if the sharable maildir
is actually created by you, can can delete any message, not just your
own.SEE ALSOmaildir5,
maildiracl1,
maildirkw1,
maildrop1,
maildirquota7,
deliverquota8,
maildropfilter7,
http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/maildir.html.