Re: domain-name based mailboxes (OT question about terminology)
On 2009-03-10_12:10:58, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 10 at 12:44 PM, quoth Haines Brown:
> >> On Tuesday, March 10 at 07:11 AM, quoth Haines Brown:
> >>> Mailboxes are normally set up based on UID. For example,
> >>> user-1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, user-2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx However, I need to set
> >>> up mailboxes (a debian etch machine) based on different domain
> >>> names but same UID. For example, user-1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> >>> user-1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> So... what's your question?
> >
> > Sorry I was not clear. The question is: How do I set up mailboxes
> > based on different domain names?
>
> I guess I still don't understand the difficulty. We're talking about
> mutt mailboxes, right? As defined by the `mailboxes` command in your
> muttrc?
>
> The reason I don't understand your question is because the method for
> setting up mailboxes with different domain names is EXACTLY THE SAME
> as the way you set up mailboxes with different usernames within the
> same domain. Mailboxes are **NOT** normally set up based on UID;
> they're normally set up based on the value of $folder, which (when
> using IMAP or POP) can specify a specific username (UID) and server
> (domain). Using multiple usernames AND/OR using multiple servers
> (domains) requires either changing the value of $folder OR specifying
> the full URI for your mailboxes. For example:
>
> set folder=imap://user1@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> mailboxes +INBOX
> set folder=imap://user2@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> mailboxes +INBOX
> set folder=imap://user1@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> mailboxes +INBOX
>
> Which is equivalent to:
>
> mailboxes imap://user1@xxxxxxxxxxx/INBOX \
> imap://user2@xxxxxxxxxxx/INBOX \
> imap://user1@xxxxxxxxxxx/INBOX
>
> Yes it's true that you could also use things like $imap_user instead
> of including the username as part of the URI, but I find that this way
> makes multi-account stuff more convenient.
>
> Perhaps if you could explain what you tried that didn't work (and in
> what way it didn't work), that would make it easier to give you a
> useful answer.
>
> As it stands, since you started off with what appears to be an
> incorrect statement about using mutt, I get the feeling that when you
> say "mailboxes" you actually mean something other than what mutt means
> by "mailboxes" (namely, folders to check periodically for new mail),
> and that you may even be asking the wrong mailing list---your question
> sounds more appropriate to, say, the mailing list of an MTA, like
> qmail or sendmail.
So is it correct to say that the difference between a 'folder' and a
'mailbox' is that a mailbox is a folder that is checked on occasion
for the arrival of new mail?
--
Paul E Condon
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