dovecot - Mar 2007 - anonymous mailing list archive configuration?

Hi,

I'd like to run a mailing list archive via IMAP like for this list but
my mails are in maildir and not mbox.

It's easy to add a new user that has access to the maildir that mails
get stored in, and I can simply link that up to that user's inbox. It's
also easy to prevent putting mail into that folder.

However, one thing I'm not clear on is how to prevent that user from
creating new folders. I don't think I can do that with permissions to
the ~/Maildir since that user needs to be able to create files there for
indizes etc.

Is that possible? Should/can I write a plugin that prevents things?

johannes
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On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 14:27 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to run a mailing list archive via IMAP like for this list but
> my mails are in maildir and not mbox.
> 
> It's easy to add a new user that has access to the maildir that mails
> get stored in, and I can simply link that up to that user's inbox.
It's
> also easy to prevent putting mail into that folder.
> 
> However, one thing I'm not clear on is how to prevent that user from
> creating new folders. I don't think I can do that with permissions to
> the ~/Maildir since that user needs to be able to create files there for
> indizes etc.
> 
> Is that possible? Should/can I write a plugin that prevents things?
Oh, I found a solution already. Make the maildir read-only and put
CONTROL/INDEX elsewhere in the homedir of the user and make that
readable.

johannes
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On 25/03/2007 13:39, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 14:27 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
[...]
>> However, one thing I'm not clear on is how to prevent that user
from
>> creating new folders.
[...]
> Oh, I found a solution already. Make the maildir read-only and put
> CONTROL/INDEX elsewhere in the homedir of the user and make that
> readable.
You could also take a look at the ACL plugin.

Cheers,

John.