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<h1>maildirmake - create maildirs, and maildir folders</h1>
<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
<pre>maildirmake [ -f <i>folder</i> ] <i>maildir</i></pre>
<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p>This manual page documents the <tt>maildirmake</tt> command which comes
with the <I>maildrop</I> package.</p>
<p>Maildirs are a new directory-based way to store mail that offers several
advantages over traditional mailbox files. Delivering to maildirs uses
absolutely no locking whatsover, and multiple processes can simultaneously
deliver messages to a maildir without trampling each other.</p>
<p>The <tt>maildirmake</tt> command is a convenient way to create a maildir
with all of its components, in one shot, with correct permissions.</p>
<p>The -f option creates a new "folder" within an <i>existing</i> maildir.
The specified maildir must already exist, and the <tt>maildirmake</tt> command
will create a new folder in it.</p>
<p>Folders are simply subdirectories inside the main maildir whose names start
with a period, and which are themselves maildirs. For example, the command
"<tt>maildirmake -f Drafts mail/Maildir</tt>" creates
<tt>mail/Maildir/.Drafts</tt>, with the usual <tt>tmp</tt>, <tt>new</tt>, and
<tt>cur</tt>. You MUST use the -f option, instead of specifying
<tt>mail/Maildir/.Drafts</tt> directly, in order to correctly initialize
<I>maildrop</I>'s experimental support for manual quota enforcement.</p>
<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<a href="maildrop.html">maildrop(1),</a> <a
href="maildrop.maildirquota.html">maildirquota(8),</a> <a
href="maildropfilter.html">maildropfilter(1)</a>, <a
href="http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/maildir.html">http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/maildir.html</a>,
maildir(5).
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