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< p > iRedMail will append timestamp in maildir path by default, here's why.< / p >
< p > Depends on the tools/scripts you used to create mail accounts, it's tunable
in scripts shipped within iRedMail and iRedAdmin (file < code > settings.py< / code > , variable
< code > MAILDIR_APPEND_TIMESTAMP = True< / code > or < code > False< / code > ).< / p >
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< p > Note: Deleting mail accounts with iRedAdmin will not remove the mailboxes on
file system, so that you can keep user's mailbox for some time.< / p >
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< p > Think about this situation:< / p >
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< p > Employee Michael Jordan has email address mj@domain.ltd. Without timestamp
in maildir path, the maildir path of his mailbox looks like
< code > /var/vmail/vmail1/domain.ltd/mj/< / code > .< / p >
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< p > Michael left company, and your company deleted his mail account. With
iRedAdmin, it just deletes mail accounts stored in LDAP/SQL server, not delete
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his mailbox on file system (< code > /var/vmail/vmail1/domain.ltd/mj< / code > ).< / p >
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< p > A new talent, Mike Jackson, joined your company, and he want to use
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< code > mj@domain.ltd< / code > since < code > mj@< / code > is not used by others. And you created it for him.
Without timestamp in maildir path, the maildir path of Mike's mailbox is the
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same as Michael's < code > /var/vmail/vmail1/domain.ltd/mj/< / code > . iRedAdmin doesn't remove
the mailboxes on file system, so Mike will see all emails in Michael's mailbox
if Michael didn't delete them. To avoid this, we append a timestamp in maildir
path to make sure all users will be assigned an unique maildir paths.< / p >
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