MAILDIRMAKE.DOVECOT(1)

💌 MAILDIRMAKE.DOVECOT — the maildir-maker bestie 💌

okay so like, imagine you need a maildir. not want. need. and you need it right now and you don't wanna think about it. that's literally this command. it's the "just make the thing" of maildir tools. this is a manual page for the maildirmake.dovecot command, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

maildirmake.dovecot directory [ owner ]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. a directory, and optionally an owner. 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so maildirmake.dovecot does the thing: it creates a maildir, and along with it the three iconic maildir subfolders, cur, new, and tmp. the girlies that carry the whole maildir operation. 💅

• directory — the name of your brand-new maildir, bestie. that's where the magic goes.
• and here's the cute part: if directory already exists, then it just creates the cur, new, and tmp directories inside it instead. no drama, no overwriting, just ✨nesting✨.

you can also pass owner to change the ownership of those directories — but ONLY if you actually have the permission to modify ownership. no sneaking in, permission check is a real one. 👑

real talk though: maildirmake.dovecot is very basic. like, it's giving "does one thing and dips". if you want to do serious maildir management, the manpage strongly recommends you use maildirmake instead. this is the starter pack, not the whole closet. 🫶

💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -h — shows you the options summary and then exits immediately. one and done. it's not sticking around to chat, it's just showing you the menu and leaving. iconic behavior honestly. 💀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• maildirmake(1)
• maildir(5)

go read those if you want the full lore. iykyk. 📚

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

• dovecot was written by Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>. the founder, the blueprint, the main character. 👑
• the maildirmake.dovecot script was written by Jaldhar H. Vyas. respect. 🫡
• and this manual page was written by Henry Precheur <henry@precheur.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). so sweet, sharing is caring fr fr. 💖

🎀 cute lil sign-off 🎀

this whole thing came to you from the MAILDIRMAKE.DOVECOT(1) manual, General Commands Manual section, dated 23 November 2005 — yeah she's an elder, but she still slays. and that's the tea. go make your maildirs bestie, ily, byeee 💅✨🌸

periodt.