dovecot - Mar 2012 - Accessing maildir snapshots through dovecot

Hi,

I'm currently having a fairly simple setup:
- users (real, not virtual) 
- Maildir storage (over NFS)
- 1 namespace

I'm currently trying to render the storage snapshots available through
dovecot (to allow my users to browse their mail history).

dovecot.conf:
namespace {
  inbox = yes
  location   prefix = INBOX.
  type = private
}


I did the following modifications:
dovecot.conf:
namespace snaps-h0 {
  prefix = INBOX.EmailBackup.h0.
  hidden = no
  list = yes
  inbox = no
  location =
maildir:/home/.snapshot/hourly.0/%u/Maildir:INDEX=/var/tmp/dovecot/indexes/hourly.0/%u:CONTROL=/var/dovecot/control/hourly.0/%u
  type = private
}

Problem: 
I don't see the content of the inbox folder contained in the snapshots
(subfolders are perfectly viewed).

Do any of you have a clue on how to render it visible ?

Thanks

Laurent

On Mon, 2012-03-19 at 10:06 +0100, Laurent CARON wrote:
> I did the following modifications:
> dovecot.conf:
> namespace snaps-h0 {
>   prefix = INBOX.EmailBackup.h0.
>   hidden = no
>   list = yes
>   inbox = no
>   location =
maildir:/home/.snapshot/hourly.0/%u/Maildir:INDEX=/var/tmp/dovecot/indexes/hourly.0/%u:CONTROL=/var/dovecot/control/hourly.0/%u
>   type = private
> }
> 
> Problem: 
> I don't see the content of the inbox folder contained in the snapshots
> (subfolders are perfectly viewed).
> 
> Do any of you have a clue on how to render it visible ?
So the INBOX mails would be in /home/.snapshot/hourly.0/%u/Maildir/{cur|
new} directories? The INBOX should be accessible via the
"INBOX.EmailBackup.h0" folder itself. If it's not, you may need to
use a
newer Dovecot version.