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How to create a new IMAP INBOX subfolder via command line on Plesk for Linux

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Renan Genova Ferreira
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How to create a new IMAP INBOX subfolder via command line on Plesk for Linux?

Answer

The example below demonstrates how to create a folder named newfolder for mailbox email@example.com

  1. Connect to the server over SSH

  2. Check what IMAP server is used:

    # command -v doveadm >/dev/null && echo 'Dovecot' || echo 'Courier IMAP'

  3. Create the mail folder:

    If Dovecot is used on the server

    Create the folder using the doveadm utility:

    # doveadm mailbox create -u email@example.com -s INBOX.newfolder

    If Courier IMAP is used on the server

    1. Download the attached script into the server: 

      # wget https://plesk.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/360012292139/courier_imap && chmod +x courier_imap

    2. Run the script and specify the domain, mail account, and the name of the subfolder that needs to be created. For example, for email@example.com:

      # ./courier_imap
      Enter the domain name. For example, "example.com":
      example.com
      Enter the mail account (without the domain name), for example "email":
      email
      Enter the name of the new folder to be created:
      newfolder
      /var/qmail/mailnames/example.com/email/Maildir/.newfolder directory created successfully

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    Larry Nedry

    If you are using Dovecot, you can do the same thing with a single command:

    # doveadm mailbox create -u username@example.com -s INBOX.newfolder

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    Alexandr Bashurov

    @Larry Nedry

    Thank you for the suggestion! The solution was added to the article

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