dovecot - Jun 2010 - Replacing real inbox by virtual inbox

Hello, 

I'm using dovecot 1.2.11 with virtual folders. I'd like to
replace my real INBOX by a virtual one but I have several questions : 

 	*
will my mail still be delivered to my real INBOX?
 	* will I be able to
access my real INBOX, for example using a virtual folder reliyng on INBOX

	* and, how to do it.

Here's my problem, if I look to the wiki page [1], I
don't really understand what the _NAMESPACE_1_INBOX_ and the
_NAMESPACE_2_INBOX_ stands for. Plus, I can't put my paths in my scripts,
as they use %d and %u (see below) which, if I understand correctly, aren't
available for PostLoginScripts. 

Thanks for your help,  
--

Fran?ois-Xavier Payet
fx.payet at tfdn.org
Jabber : fx.payet at tfdn.org



Links:
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[1] http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Virtual

Sorry, I forgot my dovecot -n. Here it is : 

# 1.2.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-bpo.4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 5.0.5 ext3
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S 
protocols: imaps managesieve
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir
mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve
mail_plugins(default): virtual
mail_plugins(imap): virtual
mail_plugins(managesieve): 
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve
namespace:
 type: private
 inbox: yes
 list: yes
 subscriptions: yes
namespace:
 type: private
 separator: .
 prefix: virtual.
 location: virtual:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir/virtual
 list: yes
 subscriptions: yes
lda:
 log_path: /var/vmail/dovecot-deliver.log
 auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
 postmaster_address: foux at da-foux-server.tfdn.org
 mail_plugins: sieve virtual
auth default:
 mechanisms: plain login
 passdb:
 driver: sql
 args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
 userdb:
 driver: passwd
 userdb:
 driver: static
 args: uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/var/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes
 socket:
 type: listen
 client:
 path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
 mode: 432
 master:
 path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
 mode: 384
 user: vmail
plugin:
 sieve: /var/vmail/%d/%n/sieve
 sieve_dir: /var/vmail/%d/%n/.sieve

-- 
Fran?ois-Xavier Payet
fx.payet at tfdn.org
Jabber : fx.payet at tfdn.org

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:30:07 +0200, Fran?ois-Xavier Payet wrote:  

Hello, 

I'm using dovecot 1.2.11 with virtual folders. I'd like to replace my
real
INBOX by a virtual one but I have several questions : 

 	* will my mail still be delivered to my real INBOX?
 	* will I be able to access my real INBOX, for example using a virtual
folder reliyng on INBOX
 	* and, how to do it.

Here's my problem, if I look to the wiki page [2], I don't really
understand what the _NAMESPACE_1_INBOX_ and the _NAMESPACE_2_INBOX_ stands
for. Plus, I can't put my paths in my scripts, as they use %d and %u (see
below) which, if I understand correctly, aren't available for
PostLoginScripts. 

Thanks for your help,  
-- 
Fran?ois-Xavier Payet
fx.payet at tfdn.org
Jabber : fx.payet at tfdn.org
  

Links:
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[2] http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Virtual

On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 15:30 +0200, Fran?ois-Xavier Payet wrote:
> I'm using dovecot 1.2.11 with virtual folders. I'd like to
> replace my real INBOX by a virtual one but I have several questions : 
> 
>  	*
> will my mail still be delivered to my real INBOX?
There are a few possibilities..

1) You could set !RealMails/INBOX so that saving to virtual inbox gets
saved to real inbox (similar to as explained in wiki).

2) Enable virtual INBOX only for IMAP protocol.
>  	* will I be able to
> access my real INBOX, for example using a virtual folder reliyng on INBOX
Yes, either create a virtual mailbox containing only RealMails/INBOX
rule, or alternatively create some kind of a symlink to filesystem (e.g.
ln -s . .real-inbox
> Here's my problem, if I look to the wiki page [1], I
> don't really understand what the _NAMESPACE_1_INBOX_ and the
> _NAMESPACE_2_INBOX_ stands for. 
NAMESPACE_1_INBOX=yes maps to first namespace { inbox=yes }, _2_ maps to
second namespace. With v2.0 this is clearer, because you can name the
namespaces and access them via names rather than numbers.
> Plus, I can't put my paths in my scripts,
> as they use %d and %u (see below) which, if I understand correctly,
aren't
> available for PostLoginScripts. 
In post-login scripts you have access to $HOME.