Mail Folder Locations - Revision history

Phil: /* Switching from an IMAP Prefix to a Mailbox Subdirectory */

2023-04-13T15:36:16Z

Switching from an IMAP Prefix to a Mailbox Subdirectory

Phil: /* Grad Net Mail Folders */ Clarify that you need to log out of webmail.

2020-04-01T13:36:58Z

Grad Net Mail Folders: Clarify that you need to log out of webmail.

Phil.cs.jhu.edu: /* Switching from an IMAP Prefix to a Mailbox Subdirectory */

2018-12-20T21:10:37Z

Switching from an IMAP Prefix to a Mailbox Subdirectory

Steve410.cs.jhu.edu: /* Switching from an IMAP Prefix to a Mailbox Subdirectory */

2018-05-07T15:51:44Z

Switching from an IMAP Prefix to a Mailbox Subdirectory

Steve410.cs.jhu.edu: /* Changing Your Grad Net Mailbox Location */

2018-05-07T15:49:59Z

Changing Your Grad Net Mailbox Location

Steve410.cs.jhu.edu: /* Changing Your Grad Net Mailbox Location */

2018-05-07T15:48:51Z

Changing Your Grad Net Mailbox Location

Steve410.cs.jhu.edu: /* Changing Your Grad Net Mailbox Location */

2018-05-07T15:48:23Z

Changing Your Grad Net Mailbox Location

Steve410.cs.jhu.edu: /* Grad Net Mail Folders */

2018-05-07T15:46:53Z

Grad Net Mail Folders

Steve410.cs.jhu.edu: /* Grad Net Mail Folders */

2018-05-07T15:46:19Z

Grad Net Mail Folders

Steve410.cs.jhu.edu: /* Grad Net Mail Folders */

2018-05-07T15:46:00Z

Grad Net Mail Folders

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 # If you have a mail client running, exit it.  If you're using our webmail, log out before you close the window.
 # If you have some mail folders in your home directory (e.g. "Sent", "Junk"), move them into your mailbox directory.
 #* If you're not sure whether you have any such folders, look at your <code>~/.subscriptions</code> file for any folders that aren't in the mailbox directory already.

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 # Decide where you want your mailboxes to be.  We recommend <code>Mail</code> for consistency.
-# If you have a mail client running, exit it.
+# If you have a mail client running, exit it.  If you're using our webmail, log out before you close the window.
 # In your home directory, create that <code>Mail</code> directory, if it doesn't already exist.
 # Move your current mailboxes into that directory.
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 Before our separate mailbox definitions were available, we recommended that people put all of their mailboxes into a subdirectory and then set that subdirectory as an [[Using IMAP on the Grad/Research Network#Tell the IMAP Server Where Your Mail Folders are Located|IMAP prefix]].  This setup works, but still has some drawbacks with respect to setting a <code>.mail_location</code> directly.  To move from the old setup to the new one:
-# If you have a mail client running, exit it.
+# If you have a mail client running, exit it.  If you're using our webmail, log out before you close the window.
 # If you have some mail folders in your home directory (e.g. "Sent", "Junk"), move them into your mailbox directory.
 #* If you're not sure whether you have any such folders, look at your <code>~/.subscriptions</code> file for any folders that aren't in the mailbox directory already.

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 #* If you're not sure whether you have any such folders, look at your <code>~/.subscriptions</code> file for any folders that aren't in the mailbox directory already.
 # Move your <code>~/.subscriptions</code> file (if you have one) into your mailbox directory.
-# Edit the <code>.subscriptions</.code> file and remove the mailbox directory prefix from your folders.
+# Edit the <code>.subscriptions</code> file and remove the mailbox directory prefix from your folders.
 #* e.g. if your prefix is "<code>Mail</code>", you'd change things like "<code>Mail/seminars</code>" to just "<code>seminars</code>".
 # Create a <code>~/.mail_location</code> file and enter your mailbox directory into it on a single line.

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 # Edit the <code>.subscriptions</.code> file and remove the mailbox directory prefix from your folders.
 #* e.g. if your prefix is "<code>Mail</code>", you'd change things like "<code>Mail/seminars</code>" to just "<code>seminars</code>".
-# Create a <code>~/.mail_location</code> file and put your mailbox directory into it on a single line.
+# Create a <code>~/.mail_location</code> file and enter your mailbox directory into it on a single line.
 # Restart your mail client, remove any IMAP prefix setting, and make sure everything looks right.
 [[Category:Receiving Email]]

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 # Move your current mailboxes into that directory.
 # Move your <code>~/.subscriptions</code> file (if you have one) into that directory.
-# Edit (or create) a <code>~/.mail_location</code> file and put your new mailbox directory into it on a single line.
+# Edit (or create) a <code>~/.mail_location</code> file and enter your new mailbox directory  into it on a single line.
 # Restart your mail client and make sure everything looks right.

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 The location of your ''mailboxes'' (think of them as your "mail folders" you would see in your mail client) is controlled by the contents of the <code>.mail_location</code> file in your home directory.  If that file is empty or doesn't exist, your ''home directory'' is ''also'' the location of your mailboxes.  Otherwise, the first line in that file gives the name of the directory containing your mailboxes.  (Lines after the first line are currently ignored, but might be given other meanings in the future.)
-Newer accounts have the <code>Mail</code> directory in the <code>.mail_location</code> file, so that's where those accounts' mailboxes are.  Older accounts don't have a <code>.mail_location</code> file, so their mailboxes are in their home directory.
+Newer accounts have the <code>Mail</code> directory listed in the <code>.mail_location</code> file, so that's where those accounts' mailboxes are.  Older accounts don't have a <code>.mail_location</code> file, so their mailboxes are in their home directory.
 === Changing Your Grad Net Mailbox Location ===

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 Your ''INBOX'' is a single file in <code>/var/spool/mail</code> (on any of our [[Linux Clients on the CS Grad/Research Net|Linux clients]]) with a name matching your account name.  If your account is "<code>example</code>", your INBOX is <code>/var/spool/mail/example</code>.
-The location of your ''mailboxes'' (think of them as your "mail folders" you would see in your mail client) is controlled by the contents of the <code>.mail_location</code> file in your home directory.  If that file is empty or doesn't exist, your ''home directory'' is ''also' the location of your mailboxes.  Otherwise, the first line in that file gives the name of the directory containing your mailboxes.  (Lines after the first line are currently ignored, but might be given other meanings in the future.)
+The location of your ''mailboxes'' (think of them as your "mail folders" you would see in your mail client) is controlled by the contents of the <code>.mail_location</code> file in your home directory.  If that file is empty or doesn't exist, your ''home directory'' is ''also'' the location of your mailboxes.  Otherwise, the first line in that file gives the name of the directory containing your mailboxes.  (Lines after the first line are currently ignored, but might be given other meanings in the future.)
 Newer accounts have the <code>Mail</code> directory in the <code>.mail_location</code> file, so that's where those accounts' mailboxes are.  Older accounts don't have a <code>.mail_location</code> file, so their mailboxes are in their home directory.