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==Overview==
The mail server processes incoming email addressed to your account by checking
for directives in files in your home directory. If no directives are found,
then it will use the destination of last resort.

==Processing of Forward Files==
First, the mail server looks for and honours the contents of the file named
''.forward'' in your home directory. Directives in this ''.forward'' file tend
to be relatively simple, such as as asking the mail server to forward your mail
to some other account (please see [[How To Forward Email]]).
If this file is found, the search for the next file, ''.procmailrc'', is not
undertaken and the destination of last resort does not to be used.

==Processing of Procmailrc Files==
If no ''.forward'' file was found, then the mail server looks for and honours
the contents of the file named ''.procmailrc'' in your home directory.
Directives in this ''.procmailrc'' file might be as simple as asking the mail
server to forward your mail to some other account but can be as complicated as
filtering for spam (please see [[How To Filter Out Spam]]).
If this file is found, the destination of last resort is not used.

==Destination of Last Resort==
If no ''.forward'' file nor ''.procmailrc'' file was found in your home
directory, then the mail server appends the incoming email to your
mbox-formatted spool file: ''/var/mail/'''''username'''. This is the so-called
destination of last resort.

==Interaction with POP==
If you want to use POP (POP3S, actually), then you should have a ''.forward''
file or ''.procmailrc'' file that causes the mail server to redirect yourmail
into your spool file, or neither of these files (so that the destination of
last resort is used). The POP server expects to find your new mail in your
spool file. Please see [[POP3S]] for more information.

==Interaction with IMAP and Webmail==
If you want to use IMAP (IMAPS, actually) or Webmail, then you should have a
''.forward'' file or a ''.procmailrc'' file that causes the mail server to
redirect your mail into a folder called ''Maildir'' in your home directory.
The IMAP server expects to find your new mail in your ''Maildir''. Please see
[[IMAPS]] for more information.

==Interaction with Disk Quotas==
Mbox spool files have a quota of 100MB.

Maildir folders in your home directory are limited to your quota on the file
server volume where your home directory resides or the size of the volume,
whichever is filled first.

Once you reach your quota or the disk is full, email will queue for up to four
days before being bounced back to the originator.

Please ensure that you remain below your quota to ensure that email is
delivered to you.

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−	~~''.forward'' file or a ''.procmailrc'' file that causes the mail server to~~
−	~~redirect your mail into a folder called ''Maildir'' in your home directory.~~
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−	~~[[IMAPS]] for more information.~~

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−	~~==Destination of Last Resort==~~
−	~~If no ''.forward'' file nor ''.procmailrc'' file was found in your home~~
−	~~directory, then the mail server appends the incoming email to your~~
−	~~mbox-formatted spool file: ''/var/mail/'''''username'''. This is the so-called~~
−	~~destination of last resort.~~

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−	~~==Interaction with POP==~~
−	~~If you want to use POP (POP3S, actually), then you should have a ''.forward''~~
−	~~file or ''.procmailrc'' file that causes the mail server to redirect yourmail~~
−	~~into your spool file, or neither of these files (so that the destination of~~
−	~~last resort is used). The POP server expects to find your new mail in your~~
−	~~spool file. Please see [[POP3S]] for more information.~~

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 server to forward your mail to some other account but can be as complicated as
 filtering for spam (please see [[How To Filter Out Spam]]).
 ==Interaction with IMAP and Webmail==