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docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (#2045) * docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (mailboxes) * chore: Update `15-mailboxes.conf` to sync with upstream This config has not been updated since 2016 (ignoring the Junk autosubscribe addition). Synced to upstream equivalent at https://github.com/dovecot/core/blob/master/doc/example-config/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf Retains the `Archive` example definition from this PR and prior `auto = subscribe` additions. --- Co-authored-by: Brennan Kinney <5098581+polarathene@users.noreply.github.com>
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---
title: 'Use Cases | Customize Mailbox Folders'
hide:
- toc # Hide Table of Contents for this page
---
# Mailboxes (_aka IMAP Folders_)
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`INBOX` is setup as the private [`inbox` namespace][dovecot-docs-namespaces]. By default [`target/dovecot/15-mailboxes.conf`][github-config-dovecot-mailboxes] configures the special IMAP folders `Drafts`, `Sent`, `Junk` and `Trash` to be automatically created and subscribed. They are all assigned to the private [`inbox` namespace][dovecot-docs-namespaces] (_which implicitly provides the `INBOX` folder_).
docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (#2045) * docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (mailboxes) * chore: Update `15-mailboxes.conf` to sync with upstream This config has not been updated since 2016 (ignoring the Junk autosubscribe addition). Synced to upstream equivalent at https://github.com/dovecot/core/blob/master/doc/example-config/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf Retains the `Archive` example definition from this PR and prior `auto = subscribe` additions. --- Co-authored-by: Brennan Kinney <5098581+polarathene@users.noreply.github.com>
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These IMAP folders are considered special because they add a [_"SPECIAL-USE"_ attribute][rfc-6154], which is a standardized way to communicate to mail clients that the folder serves a purpose like storing spam/junk mail (`\Junk`) or deleted mail (`\Trash`). This differentiates them from regular mail folders that you may use for organizing.
## Adding a mailbox folder
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See [`target/dovecot/15-mailboxes.conf`][github-config-dovecot-mailboxes] for existing mailbox folders which you can modify or uncomment to enable some other common mailboxes. For more information try the [official Dovecot documentation][dovecot-docs-mailboxes].
docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (#2045) * docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (mailboxes) * chore: Update `15-mailboxes.conf` to sync with upstream This config has not been updated since 2016 (ignoring the Junk autosubscribe addition). Synced to upstream equivalent at https://github.com/dovecot/core/blob/master/doc/example-config/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf Retains the `Archive` example definition from this PR and prior `auto = subscribe` additions. --- Co-authored-by: Brennan Kinney <5098581+polarathene@users.noreply.github.com>
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docs: miscellaneous improvements (#3219) Co-authored-by: Brennan Kinney <5098581+polarathene@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-04-08 09:54:16 +00:00
The `Archive` special IMAP folder may be useful to enable. To do so, make a copy of [`target/dovecot/15-mailboxes.conf`][github-config-dovecot-mailboxes] and uncomment the `Archive` mailbox definition. Mail clients should understand that this folder is intended for archiving mail due to the [`\Archive` _"SPECIAL-USE"_ attribute][rfc-6154].
docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (#2045) * docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (mailboxes) * chore: Update `15-mailboxes.conf` to sync with upstream This config has not been updated since 2016 (ignoring the Junk autosubscribe addition). Synced to upstream equivalent at https://github.com/dovecot/core/blob/master/doc/example-config/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf Retains the `Archive` example definition from this PR and prior `auto = subscribe` additions. --- Co-authored-by: Brennan Kinney <5098581+polarathene@users.noreply.github.com>
2021-06-22 22:28:43 +00:00
docs: miscellaneous improvements (#3219) Co-authored-by: Brennan Kinney <5098581+polarathene@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-04-08 09:54:16 +00:00
With the provided [docker-compose.yml][github-config-dockercompose] example, a volume bind mounts the host directory `docker-data/dms/config/` to the container location `/tmp/docker-mailserver/`. Config file overrides should instead be mounted to a different location as described in [Overriding Configuration for Dovecot][docs-config-overrides-dovecot]:
docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (#2045) * docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (mailboxes) * chore: Update `15-mailboxes.conf` to sync with upstream This config has not been updated since 2016 (ignoring the Junk autosubscribe addition). Synced to upstream equivalent at https://github.com/dovecot/core/blob/master/doc/example-config/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf Retains the `Archive` example definition from this PR and prior `auto = subscribe` additions. --- Co-authored-by: Brennan Kinney <5098581+polarathene@users.noreply.github.com>
2021-06-22 22:28:43 +00:00
docs(chore): Normalize for consistency (#2206) "Brief" summary/overview of changes. See the PR discussion or individual commits from the PR for more details. --- Only applies to the `docs/content/**` content (_and `setup` command_). `target/` and `test/` can be normalized at a later date. * Normalize to `example.com` - Domains normalized to `example.com`: `mywebserver.com`, `myserver.tld`, `domain.com`, `domain.tld`, `mydomain.net`, `my-domain.tld`, `my-domain.com`, `example.org`, `whoami.com`. - Alternative domains normalized to `not-example.com`: `otherdomain.com`, `otherdomain.tld`, `domain2.tld`, `mybackupmx.com`, `whoareyou.org`. - Email addresses normalized to `admin@example.com` (in `ssl.md`): `foo@bar.com`, `yourcurrentemail@gmail.com`, `email@email.com`, `admin@domain.tld`. - Email addresses normalized to `external-account@gmail.com`: `bill@gates321boom.com`, `external@gmail.com`, `myemail@gmail.com`, `real-email-address@external-domain.com`. - **`faq.md`:** A FAQ entry title with `sample.domain.com` changed to `subdomain.example.com`. - **`mail-fetchmail.md`:** Config examples with FQDNs for `imap`/`pop3` used `example.com` domain for a third-party, changed to `gmail.com` as more familiar third-party/external MTA. * Normalize config volume path - Normalizing local config path references to `./docker-data/dms/config/`: `./config/`, `config/`, \``config`\`, `/etc/` (_volume mount src path prefix_). - Normalize DMS volume paths to `docker-data/dms/mail-{data,state,log}`: `./mail`, `./mail-state` `./data/mail`, `./data/state`, `./data/logs`, `./data/maildata`, `./data/mailstate`, `./data/maillogs`, (_dropped/converted data volumes: `maildata`, `mailstate`_). - Other docker images also adopt the `docker-data/{service name}/` prefix. * `ssl.md` - Use `dms/custom-certs` where appropriate. * Apply normalizations to README and example `docker-compose.yml` --- Common terms, sometimes interchangeably used or now invalid depending on context: `mail`, `mail container`, `mail server`, `mail-server`, `mailserver`,`docker-mailserver`, `Docker Mailserver`. Rough transformations applied to most matches (_conditionally, depending on context_): - 'Docker Mailserver' => '`docker-mailserver`' - 'mail container' => '`docker-mailserver`' (_optionally retaining ' container'_) - 'mail server' => 'mail-server' / '`docker-mailserver`' - 'mail-server' => '`docker-mailserver`' - 'mailserver' => 'mail-server' / '`docker-mailserver`' Additionally I checked `docker run` (_plus `exec`, `logs`, etc, sub-commands_) and `docker-compose` commands. Often finding usage of `mail` instead of the expected `mailserver` Additionally changes `mailserver` hostname in k8s to `mail` to align with other non-k8s examples. --- * drive-by revisions Mostly minor revisions or improvements to docs that aren't related to normalization effort.
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```yaml
docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (#2045) * docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (mailboxes) * chore: Update `15-mailboxes.conf` to sync with upstream This config has not been updated since 2016 (ignoring the Junk autosubscribe addition). Synced to upstream equivalent at https://github.com/dovecot/core/blob/master/doc/example-config/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf Retains the `Archive` example definition from this PR and prior `auto = subscribe` additions. --- Co-authored-by: Brennan Kinney <5098581+polarathene@users.noreply.github.com>
2021-06-22 22:28:43 +00:00
volumes:
docs(chore): Normalize for consistency (#2206) "Brief" summary/overview of changes. See the PR discussion or individual commits from the PR for more details. --- Only applies to the `docs/content/**` content (_and `setup` command_). `target/` and `test/` can be normalized at a later date. * Normalize to `example.com` - Domains normalized to `example.com`: `mywebserver.com`, `myserver.tld`, `domain.com`, `domain.tld`, `mydomain.net`, `my-domain.tld`, `my-domain.com`, `example.org`, `whoami.com`. - Alternative domains normalized to `not-example.com`: `otherdomain.com`, `otherdomain.tld`, `domain2.tld`, `mybackupmx.com`, `whoareyou.org`. - Email addresses normalized to `admin@example.com` (in `ssl.md`): `foo@bar.com`, `yourcurrentemail@gmail.com`, `email@email.com`, `admin@domain.tld`. - Email addresses normalized to `external-account@gmail.com`: `bill@gates321boom.com`, `external@gmail.com`, `myemail@gmail.com`, `real-email-address@external-domain.com`. - **`faq.md`:** A FAQ entry title with `sample.domain.com` changed to `subdomain.example.com`. - **`mail-fetchmail.md`:** Config examples with FQDNs for `imap`/`pop3` used `example.com` domain for a third-party, changed to `gmail.com` as more familiar third-party/external MTA. * Normalize config volume path - Normalizing local config path references to `./docker-data/dms/config/`: `./config/`, `config/`, \``config`\`, `/etc/` (_volume mount src path prefix_). - Normalize DMS volume paths to `docker-data/dms/mail-{data,state,log}`: `./mail`, `./mail-state` `./data/mail`, `./data/state`, `./data/logs`, `./data/maildata`, `./data/mailstate`, `./data/maillogs`, (_dropped/converted data volumes: `maildata`, `mailstate`_). - Other docker images also adopt the `docker-data/{service name}/` prefix. * `ssl.md` - Use `dms/custom-certs` where appropriate. * Apply normalizations to README and example `docker-compose.yml` --- Common terms, sometimes interchangeably used or now invalid depending on context: `mail`, `mail container`, `mail server`, `mail-server`, `mailserver`,`docker-mailserver`, `Docker Mailserver`. Rough transformations applied to most matches (_conditionally, depending on context_): - 'Docker Mailserver' => '`docker-mailserver`' - 'mail container' => '`docker-mailserver`' (_optionally retaining ' container'_) - 'mail server' => 'mail-server' / '`docker-mailserver`' - 'mail-server' => '`docker-mailserver`' - 'mailserver' => 'mail-server' / '`docker-mailserver`' Additionally I checked `docker run` (_plus `exec`, `logs`, etc, sub-commands_) and `docker-compose` commands. Often finding usage of `mail` instead of the expected `mailserver` Additionally changes `mailserver` hostname in k8s to `mail` to align with other non-k8s examples. --- * drive-by revisions Mostly minor revisions or improvements to docs that aren't related to normalization effort.
2021-09-22 23:29:37 +00:00
- ./docker-data/dms/config/dovecot/15-mailboxes.conf:/etc/dovecot/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf:ro
docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (#2045) * docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (mailboxes) * chore: Update `15-mailboxes.conf` to sync with upstream This config has not been updated since 2016 (ignoring the Junk autosubscribe addition). Synced to upstream equivalent at https://github.com/dovecot/core/blob/master/doc/example-config/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf Retains the `Archive` example definition from this PR and prior `auto = subscribe` additions. --- Co-authored-by: Brennan Kinney <5098581+polarathene@users.noreply.github.com>
2021-06-22 22:28:43 +00:00
```
## Caution
### Adding folders to an existing setup
Handling of newly added mailbox folders can be inconsistent across mail clients:
- Users may experience issues such as archived emails only being available locally.
- Users may need to migrate emails manually between two folders.
### Support for `SPECIAL-USE` attributes
Not all mail clients support the `SPECIAL-USE` attribute for mailboxes (_defined in [RFC 6154][rfc-6154]_). These clients will treat the mailbox folder as any other, using the name assigned to it instead.
Some clients may still know to treat these folders for their intended purpose if the mailbox name matches the common names that the `SPECIAL-USE` attributes represent (_eg `Sent` as the mailbox name for `\Sent`_).
### Internationalization (i18n)
Usually the mail client will know via context such as the `SPECIAL-USE` attribute or common English mailbox names, to provide a localized label for the users preferred language.
Take care to test localized names work well as well.
### Email Clients Support
- If a new mail account is added without the `SPECIAL-USE` attribute enabled for archives:
- **Thunderbird** suggests and may create an `Archives` folder on the server.
- **Outlook for Android** archives to a local folder.
- **Spark for Android** archives to server folder named `Archive`.
- If a new mail account is added after the `SPECIAL-USE` attribute is enabled for archives:
- **Thunderbird**, **Outlook for Android** and **Spark for Android** will use the mailbox folder name assigned.
!!! caution "Windows Mail"
**Windows Mail** has been said to ignore `SPECIAL-USE` attribute and look only at the mailbox folder name assigned.
!!! note "Needs citation"
This information is provided by the community.
It presently lacks references to confirm the behaviour. If any information is incorrect please let us know! :smile:
[docs-config-overrides-dovecot]: ../../config/advanced/override-defaults/dovecot.md#override-configuration
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[github-config-dockercompose]: https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/blob/master/docker-compose.yml
[github-config-dovecot-mailboxes]: https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/blob/master/target/dovecot/15-mailboxes.conf
docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (#2045) * docs: Add example for customizing IMAP folders (mailboxes) * chore: Update `15-mailboxes.conf` to sync with upstream This config has not been updated since 2016 (ignoring the Junk autosubscribe addition). Synced to upstream equivalent at https://github.com/dovecot/core/blob/master/doc/example-config/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf Retains the `Archive` example definition from this PR and prior `auto = subscribe` additions. --- Co-authored-by: Brennan Kinney <5098581+polarathene@users.noreply.github.com>
2021-06-22 22:28:43 +00:00
[dovecot-docs-namespaces]: https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/namespace/#namespace-inbox
[dovecot-docs-mailboxes]: https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/namespace/#mailbox-settings
[rfc-6154]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6154
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