I am trying to merge all, existing or not, different mailboxes in one with the mailbox alias plugin. If I add the following lines, will the existing mailboxes automatically merge in one mailbox and corresponding links auto create? If not, do I have to do this manually? mailbox_alias_new = Spam mailbox_alias_new2 = Junk E-mail mailbox_alias_new3 = Sent Items mailbox_alias_new4 = Sent Messages mailbox_alias_new5 = Deleted Items mailbox_alias_old = Junk mailbox_alias_old2 = Junk mailbox_alias_old3 = Sent mailbox_alias_old4 = Sent mailbox_alias_old5 = Trash Lefteris
The alias plugin does not work properly afaik, I have been trying to use it on a default centos6/7 release. If I remember correctly it messes up with sub folders. Check mailing list archive. -----Original Message----- From: Lefteris Tsintjelis via dovecot [mailto:dovecot at dovecot.org] Sent: zondag 19 mei 2019 6:09 To: Dovecot Mailing List Subject: Merging existing mailboxes to aliases I am trying to merge all, existing or not, different mailboxes in one with the mailbox alias plugin. If I add the following lines, will the existing mailboxes automatically merge in one mailbox and corresponding links auto create? If not, do I have to do this manually? mailbox_alias_new = Spam mailbox_alias_new2 = Junk E-mail mailbox_alias_new3 = Sent Items mailbox_alias_new4 = Sent Messages mailbox_alias_new5 = Deleted Items mailbox_alias_old = Junk mailbox_alias_old2 = Junk mailbox_alias_old3 = Sent mailbox_alias_old4 = Sent mailbox_alias_old5 = Trash Lefteris
I have just tested an account with Thunderbird as client and had a couple of problems. I also wonder if you have to apply sieve rules in each alias separately. That would complicate things even more but the concept is good though. On 19/5/2019 11:43, Marc Roos via dovecot wrote:> > The alias plugin does not work properly afaik, I have been trying to use > it on a default centos6/7 release. If I remember correctly it messes up > with sub folders. Check mailing list archive
> On 19 May 2019, at 7.08, Lefteris Tsintjelis via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: > > I am trying to merge all, existing or not, different mailboxes in one with the mailbox alias plugin. If I add the following lines, will the existing mailboxes automatically merge in one mailbox and corresponding links auto create? If not, do I have to do this manually? > > mailbox_alias_new = Spam > mailbox_alias_new2 = Junk E-mail > mailbox_alias_new3 = Sent Items > mailbox_alias_new4 = Sent Messages > mailbox_alias_new5 = Deleted Items > mailbox_alias_old = Junk > mailbox_alias_old2 = Junk > mailbox_alias_old3 = Sent > mailbox_alias_old4 = Sent > mailbox_alias_old5 = TrashWhy do you want to do this? Thunderbird does obey special_use flags. https://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxSettings Do you have other clients then that do not honor those? Sami
On 19/5/2019 16:04, Sami Ketola via dovecot wrote:> > Why do you want to do this? Thunderbird does obey special_use flags. https://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxSettings > > Do you have other clients then that do not honor those? > > SamiThunderbird was just a test client nothing more than that and it works well as you say. Hardly had any problems with it. However, I have a few other clients that do not obey rules very well and I was thinking to force them do that mainly to enforce proper learning of spam/nonspam through global sieve filtering for each and any type of client. It does not look like it is very possible so far.