# Special Directories

Mailing system directories: Secure inbound, Insecure inbound, Temporary inbound, Outbound and Log are discussed here.

Usually all Mailing system directories are placed within the Home Directory. If this is the case the user may omit full path names (like `C:\FIDO\ARGUS\LOG`) by defining the path to a directory in relation to the Home Directory. If one has, for instance a Home Directory named `C:\FIDO\ARGUS` and wants to store Log files in the `C:\FIDO\ARGUS\LOG` directory, you only need to enter `LOG` in the appropriate place on the Special Directories configuration grid. If a path name begins with the backslash symbol ('`\`') the directory will be placed on the same drive as the Home Directory. If a drive name is specified in a path, there is no relation between that path and the Home Directory (the path name is absolute, in other words).

The following is an example of how the Special Directories path names are translated. The Home Directory is defined as `C:\FIDO\ARGUS`.

Record | Translated to
    LOG
    C:\FIDO\ARGUS\LOG
    IN\SEC
    C:\FIDO\ARGUS\IN\SEC
    \IN\PROT
    C:\IN\PROT
    R:\FL\OUT
    R:\FL\OUT