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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions source/mail-filters.rst
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Expand Up @@ -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
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The :doc:`system mailbox <mail-mailboxes>` 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 <mail-mailboxes>` and enable the :doc:`spamfolder <mail-spam>`.

Background
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9 changes: 6 additions & 3 deletions source/mail-mailboxes.rst
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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 <mail-spam>` or :doc:`Sieve filter rules <mail-filters>` 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 <mail-spam>` or :doc:`Sieve filter rules <mail-filters>` 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
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