naming.txt
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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.