dovecot - Dec 2007 - What's the difference between mbox and maildir

I'm a little confused about some of these terms.  What is:

.imap/.imap/   (other than directories)
mbox
INBOX  (I think I have  this one)
maildir
???????


I'm not sure how all of these things work together.

Thanks,
Andy

Am Dienstag, 1. Januar 2008 schrieb Andrew Falanga:
> .imap/.imap/   (other than directories)
Where did you see this directory?
> mbox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox
> maildir
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir

You usually use either mbox or maildir to store mails for all users. 
Mixing both format, ie. storing you mails in mboxes for some of your 
users and maildirs for other users is seldom recommended from what I 
know, but it's also possible.
> INBOX  (I think I have  this one)
This is a dedicated mailbox (either mbox or maildir, depending on what 
you're using) which receives new incoming mails. In some setups which use 
maildirs to store the messages, the inbox is the only mailbox which is 
stored in mbox format.

I hope my explanations are not too far out.

Greetings and a Happy New Year to everyone,

  Gunter

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On Tuesday 01 January 2008 02:16:47 Gunter Ohrner wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 1. Januar 2008 schrieb Andrew Falanga:
> > .imap/.imap/   (other than directories)
>

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