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Re: domain-name based mailboxes

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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.

~Kyle
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