Package gnu.mail.providers.maildir

This is a provider for Dan Bernstein's Maildir mailbox format, used primarily by the qmail MTA, and also by some MUAs such as mutt.

Class Summary

MaildirFolder The folder class implementing a Maildir-format mailbox.
MaildirMessage The message class implementing the Maildir mail protocol.
MaildirStore The storage class implementing the Maildir mailbox format.
This is a provider for Dan Bernstein's Maildir mailbox format, used primarily by the qmail MTA, and also by some MUAs such as mutt.

Further information about the format of a Maildir mailbox is available here.

This provider supports the following properties:

Name Type Description
mail.maildir.home directory path The path to a directory that holds Maildir mailboxes. Such files and directories will be exposed as mail folders by the provider.
mail.maildir.maildir file path The path to a Maildir directory which should be considered to be the primary inbox for the user (equivalent to the MAILDIR environment variable). Requests for "INBOX" will return this as a Folder. If not set, ${user.home}/Maildir will be attempted.