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Mailbox Name Conventions
Mark Crispin
19 May 1998
Please refer to the file drivers.txt for related information.
I. Special names
Special names appear by themselves.
I.a. INBOX
The name INBOX is special and refers to primary incoming message
mailbox on the local system.
I.b. #mhinbox (UNIX only)
The name #mhinbox is special and refers to the primary incoming mh
format mailbox on the local system. Don't worry about this if you
don't know what mh format is.
II. Special prefixes
All names which start with a "#" have a "special prefix" which
identifies an alternative namespace. Special prefixes appear in front
of some additional text which constitutes a suffix.
II.a. #mh/ (UNIX only)
The prefix #mh/ is special and refers to the mh format mailbox named
with the suffix. For example, #mh/foo refers to the mh format mailbox
named foo. Don't worry about this if you don't know what mh format is.
II.b. #news. (UNIX only)
The prefix #news. is special and refers to the newsgroup named with
the suffix. For example, #news.comp.mail.misc refers to the newsgroup
named comp.mail.misc.
II.c. #ftp/ (UNIX only)
The prefix #ftp/ is special and refers to the anonymous ftp filesystem
named with the suffix. For example, #ftp/foo/bar refers to the file
/foo/bar in the anonymous FTP filesystem. Anonymous FTP files are
available to anonymous IMAP logins.
II.d. #public/ (UNIX only)
The prefix #publis/ is special and refers to the public files
filesystem named with the suffix. For example, #public/foo/bar refers
to the file /foo/bar in the public filesystem. Public files are
available to anonymous IMAP logins.
II.e. #shared/ (UNIX only)
The prefix #shared/ is special and refers to the shared files
filesystem named with the suffix. For example, #shared/foo/bar
frefers to the file /foo/bar in the shared filesystem.
III. Remote names
All names which start with "{" are remote names, and are in the form
"{" remote_system_name [":" port] [flags] "}" [mailbox_name]
where:
remote_system_name Internet domain name or bracketed IP address
of server.
port optional TCP port number, default is the
default port for that service
flags optional flags, one of the following:
"/service=" service mailbox access service, default is "imap"
"/user=" user remote user name for login on the server
"/anonymous" remote access as anonymous user
"/debug" record protocol telemetry in application's
debug log
"/secure" do not transmit a plaintext password over
the network
"/imap", "/imap2", "/imap2bis", "/imap4", "/imap4rev1"
equivalent to /service=imap
"/pop3" equivalent to /service=pop3
"/nntp" equivalent to /service=nntp
mailbox_name remote mailbox name, default is INBOX
For example:
{imap.foo.com}INBOX
opens an IMAP connection to system imap.foo.com and selects INBOX.
IV. All other names
All other names are treated as local file names, relative to the
user's home directory. Read drivers.txt for more details.