Hi!
I'd like to provide shared mailboxes with maildir that should appear
like 'Shared/<mailboxname>' to the clients.
Using the namespace configuration below, everything works fine, exept
one thing: Mail clients (only tested with Thunderbird) won't allow to
put mails directly in 'Shared/mailboxname' (the folder it is greyed
out). You currently have to create subfolders and put the mails in those
subfolders.
Is there any workaround for this problem?
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namespace private {
separator = /
inbox = yes
prefix location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
}
namespace shared {
separator = /
# hidden = yes
prefix = Shared/spamrep/
location
maildir:/var/spool/mail/Shared/spamrep:CONTROL=~/Maildir/control/Shared/spamrep:INDEX=~/Mail\
dir/index/Shared/spamrep
}
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I'm using dovecot 1.0.8.
"Server supports folders that contain subfolders and messages" is
enabled in Thunderbird's advanced server settings.
Thanks in advance,
--leo
--
e-mail ::: Alexander.Bergolth (at) wu-wien.ac.at
fax ::: +43-1-31336-906050
location ::: Computer Center | Vienna University of Economics | Austria
On 02.12.2007 1:59, Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth wrote:> Hi! > > I'd like to provide shared mailboxes with maildir that should appear > like 'Shared/<mailboxname>' to the clients. > > Using the namespace configuration below, everything works fine, exept > one thing: Mail clients (only tested with Thunderbird) won't allow to > put mails directly in 'Shared/mailboxname' (the folder it is greyed > out). You currently have to create subfolders and put the mails in those > subfolders. > > Is there any workaround for this problem? > > -------------------- 8< -------------------- > namespace private { > separator = / > inbox = yes > prefix > location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > } > > namespace shared { > separator = / > # hidden = yes > prefix = Shared/spamrep/ > location > maildir:/var/spool/mail/Shared/spamrep:CONTROL=~/Maildir/control/Shared/spamrep:INDEX=~/Mail\ > dir/index/Shared/spamrep > } > -------------------- 8< -------------------- > > I'm using dovecot 1.0.8. > > "Server supports folders that contain subfolders and messages" is > enabled in Thunderbird's advanced server settings. > > Thanks in advance, > --leo >Because AFAIK you can't create messages in prefix folder. Make your prefix less longer like prefix = Shared/
On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 23:59 +0100, Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth wrote:> I'd like to provide shared mailboxes with maildir that should appear > like 'Shared/<mailboxname>' to the clients. > > Using the namespace configuration below, everything works fine, exept > one thing: Mail clients (only tested with Thunderbird) won't allow to > put mails directly in 'Shared/mailboxname' (the folder it is greyed > out). You currently have to create subfolders and put the mails in those > subfolders...> namespace shared { > separator = / > # hidden = yes > prefix = Shared/spamrep/ > location > maildir:/var/spool/mail/Shared/spamrep:CONTROL=~/Maildir/control/Shared/spamrep:INDEX=~/Mail\ > dir/index/Shared/spamrepI find it strange that this kind of configuration even appears to work. :) If you somehow manage to get it working with v1.0, there's a good chance that it won't work anymore with v1.1. So if you want to access "Shared/spamrep" as a mailbox, the prefix must be Shared/. If you wanted users to have different views of what the mailboxes look like, you could just change the location to be different for different users. Create symlinks to the visible global mailboxes to those locations. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20071202/0320dce4/attachment-0002.bin>
On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Timo Sirainen wrote:> On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 23:59 +0100, Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth wrote: >> I'd like to provide shared mailboxes with maildir that should appear >> like 'Shared/<mailboxname>' to the clients. >> >> Using the namespace configuration below, everything works fine, exept >> one thing: Mail clients (only tested with Thunderbird) won't allow to >> put mails directly in 'Shared/mailboxname' (the folder it is greyed >> out). You currently have to create subfolders and put the mails in those >> subfolders. > .. >> namespace shared { >> separator = / >> # hidden = yes >> prefix = Shared/spamrep/ >> location >> maildir:/var/spool/mail/Shared/spamrep:CONTROL=~/Maildir/control/Shared/spamrep:INDEX=~/Mail\ >> dir/index/Shared/spamrep > > I find it strange that this kind of configuration even appears to > work. :) If you somehow manage to get it working with v1.0, there's a > good chance that it won't work anymore with v1.1. > > So if you want to access "Shared/spamrep" as a mailbox, the prefix must > be Shared/. > > If you wanted users to have different views of what the mailboxes look > like, you could just change the location to be different for different > users. Create symlinks to the visible global mailboxes to those > locations.Having multiple namespaces setup that way seems reasonable to me. e.g. /var/spool/mail/Shared/tech/... /var/spool/mail/Shared/financial/... where 'Shared/tech' would be visible to many, but 'Shared/financial' would be visible only to execs/accountants. And both would show up under a common 'Shared/' prefix to keep them distinct from user folders. It sounds like he just wants to be able to SELECT the root of a namespace. Best, Ben
On 12/02/2007 02:45 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:> On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 23:59 +0100, Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth wrote: >> I'd like to provide shared mailboxes with maildir that should appear >> like 'Shared/<mailboxname>' to the clients. >> >> Using the namespace configuration below, everything works fine, exept >> one thing: Mail clients (only tested with Thunderbird) won't allow to >> put mails directly in 'Shared/mailboxname' (the folder it is greyed >> out). You currently have to create subfolders and put the mails in those >> subfolders. > .. >> namespace shared { >> separator = / >> # hidden = yes >> prefix = Shared/spamrep/ >> location >> maildir:/var/spool/mail/Shared/spamrep:CONTROL=~/Maildir/control/Shared/spamrep:INDEX=~/Mail\ >> dir/index/Shared/spamrep > > I find it strange that this kind of configuration even appears to > work. :) If you somehow manage to get it working with v1.0, there's a > good chance that it won't work anymore with v1.1. > > So if you want to access "Shared/spamrep" as a mailbox, the prefix must > be Shared/.OK, I'll do mail delivery to some subfolder like "Shared/spamrep/INCOMING". If I don't put any mails directly in "Shared/spamrep", my setup is OK, isn't it?> If you wanted users to have different views of what the mailboxes look > like, you could just change the location to be different for different > users. Create symlinks to the visible global mailboxes to those > locations.I'd like to automatically show shared folders to my users based on group permissions to avoid having to manage symlinks for every user. Using a post-login script, this setup works just fine, so I'll try to stick to the current setup. Thanks, --leo -- e-mail ::: Alexander.Bergolth (at) wu-wien.ac.at fax ::: +43-1-31336-906050 location ::: Computer Center | Vienna University of Economics | Austria