mailbox prefix

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Sat, 26 Mar 2016, michael crane wrote:

> I try to make a new server just for me after having old one working for
> ages with Dovecot, Fetchmail, Squirrelmail, Procmail
> making new one with above plus Postfix using Maildir structure.
> I am having a bit of trouble understanding exactly what the namespace and
> prefix are.

The prefix identifies a namespace. All mailboxes are located at the 
mail_location you have configured for the namespace.

> Is the "private/" prefix an internal thing with Dovecot ? Or is it supposed
> to be a real directory ?
> I'm not quite sure how to properly address the INBOX in Procmail,
> Squirrelmail, Postfix config.
>
>
> for example am I supposed to say inbox is ".private/.INBOX"

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Steffen Kaiser
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