dovecot - Jun 2014 - ACL configuration migration from Dovecot 2.1.17 to 2.2.13

Hello,

I'm preparing migration to the latest Dovecot version 2.2.13
from the previous stable branch 2.1.17 which is deployed on my servers.

With version 2.1.17 I use global acl dir to prevent all mail users to 
delete their INBOX.Junk Mail folder, which is part from our spam 
protection system.

My current config is:

cat /etc/dovecot/acls/INBOX.Junk\ Mail
owner lrwstiae

With version 2.2.13, the global acl dir support is disabled (with the 
above config, the imap server shows no folders at all) so I must
use global acl file. The problem is that the "INBOX.Junk Mail" folder 
contains space character and I tried to escape it with "",'',/
and
enclose the whole name with "" & '' without success. If I
change the acl
config to INBOX.Mail it works OK.

The syntax of my global acl file is:

cat /etc/dovecot/acls
INBOX.Junk Mail owner lrwstiae

The error is:

Error: Global ACL file /etc/dovecot/acls line 1: Unknown ID 'Mail'

Please advise

Iavor Stoev
Project Manager // Head of System & Network Administration Department

On 11.6.2014, at 15.52, Iavor Stoev <iavor at icdsoft.com> wrote:
> I'm preparing migration to the latest Dovecot version 2.2.13
> from the previous stable branch 2.1.17 which is deployed on my servers.
> 
> With version 2.1.17 I use global acl dir to prevent all mail users to
delete their INBOX.Junk Mail folder, which is part from our spam protection
system.
> 
> My current config is:
> 
> cat /etc/dovecot/acls/INBOX.Junk\ Mail
> owner lrwstiae
> 
> With version 2.2.13, the global acl dir support is disabled (with the above
config, the imap server shows no folders at all) so I must
> use global acl file.
It's not supposed to be disabled. It's supposed to work exactly as in
v2.1. In my test it still works, so the problem is something more complex than
"it's completely broken". Would be nice to know what exactly is
broken with it.