diff --git a/source/mail-filters.rst b/source/mail-filters.rst index 7ec0203..050db93 100644 --- a/source/mail-filters.rst +++ b/source/mail-filters.rst @@ -163,6 +163,13 @@ Existing maildirs with a dot in the local part have a path like ``~/users/my:add Sieve will then store and read the scripts from the linked folder. For newly created mailboxes, this problem is already fixed and you dont need a workaround. +System mailbox +-------------- + +The :doc:`system mailbox ` created under ``~/Maildir`` allows to set up Sieve filters, but they are never executed. + +To use Sieve filters you need to :doc:`create a regular mailbox ` and enable the :doc:`spamfolder `. + Background ########## diff --git a/source/mail-mailboxes.rst b/source/mail-mailboxes.rst index 5d2f7e9..139dedc 100644 --- a/source/mail-mailboxes.rst +++ b/source/mail-mailboxes.rst @@ -123,9 +123,12 @@ System mailbox With each Uberspace you will get a mailaddress in the form ``USERNAME@uber.space``. By default this mailaddress forwards to the external mailaddress you have given with your registration and we recommend to keep it that way. -If you want to use the mailaddress as a mailbox, you need to remove the file ``~/.qmail`` and the Maildir will be -created under ``~/Maildir`` with the first incoming mail. But as this is no ordinary mailbox, it wont work with the -:doc:`Spamfolder ` or :doc:`Sieve filter rules ` or plussed mailaddresses. +If you want to access the system mailbox, you may remove the file ``~/.qmail`` and the Maildir will be +created under ``~/Maildir`` with the first incoming mail. + +.. warning:: As this is no ordinary mailbox, it wont work with the :doc:`Spamfolder ` or :doc:`Sieve filter rules ` or plussed mailaddresses. + +The system mailbox is rather intended as a fallback, and we do not recommend using it for regular communication. .. warning:: In the past we also promoted mailaddresses in the form ``USERNAME@SERVER.uberspace.de``. This may not be