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, > >>> use...@domainname.org, use...@domainname.org. However, I need to set > >>> up mailboxes (a debian etch machine) based on different domain > >>> names but same UID. For example, use...@domainname-1.org, > >>> use...@domainname-2.org. > >> > >> 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://us...@domain1.com/ > mailboxes +INBOX > set folder=imap://us...@domain1.com/ > mailboxes +INBOX > set folder=imap://us...@domain2.com/ > mailboxes +INBOX > > Which is equivalent to: > > mailboxes imap://us...@domain1.com/INBOX \ > imap://us...@domain1.com/INBOX \ > imap://us...@domain2.com/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 pecon...@mesanetworks.net
