dovecot - Mar 2020 - how to create Drafts, Junk, Sent, Trash folders after user already created

Hello Dovecot,

Do to a misconfiguration, I have a bunch of users who do not have the
standard folders.

I can create a routine to cycle through the users and look for the folders
and run a command if there is one.

Is there a way to create the proper namespace for a user after the user has
already been created?

Thanks in advance.

 

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> On 09/03/2020 19:22 chayes at afo.net wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello Dovecot,
> Do to a misconfiguration, I have a bunch of users who do not have the
standard folders.
> I can create a routine to cycle through the users and look for the folders
and run a command if there is one.
> Is there a way to create the proper namespace for a user after the user has
already been created?
> Thanks in advance.
namespace {
  ...

  mailbox Drafts {
    auto=create
  }

  ...
}

Aki

> On 9 Mar 2020, at 19.24, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com>
wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 09/03/2020 19:22 chayes at afo.net wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hello Dovecot,
>> Do to a misconfiguration, I have a bunch of users who do not have the
standard folders.
>> I can create a routine to cycle through the users and look for the
folders and run a command if there is one.
>> Is there a way to create the proper namespace for a user after the user
has already been created?
>> Thanks in advance.
> 
> namespace {
>  ...
> 
>  mailbox Drafts {
>    auto=create
>  }
> 
>  ...
> }

or better yet use auto=subscribe to also subscribe the folders.

Sami

Thanks for the suggestions, but I need to do this after users have been
created.

Would this be the best way?

To run this for each user:

doveadm mailbox create -u $username -s Drafts

doveadm mailbox subscribe -u $username Drafts

doveadm mailbox create -u $username -s Junk

doveadm mailbox subscribe -u $username Junk

doveadm mailbox create -u $username -s Sent

doveadm mailbox subscribe -u $username Sent

doveadm mailbox create -u $username -s Trash

doveadm mailbox subscribe -u $username Trash

 

 

From: dovecot <dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org> On Behalf Of chayes at
afo.net
Sent: Monday, March 9, 2020 12:22 PM
To: dovecot at dovecot.org
Subject: how to create Drafts, Junk, Sent, Trash folders after user already
created

 

Hello Dovecot,

Do to a misconfiguration, I have a bunch of users who do not have the
standard folders.

I can create a routine to cycle through the users and look for the folders
and run a command if there is one.

Is there a way to create the proper namespace for a user after the user has
already been created?

Thanks in advance.

 

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> On 9 Mar 2020, at 22.59, chayes at afo.net wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions, but I need to do this after users have been
created.
> Would this be the best way?
> To run this for each user:
> doveadm mailbox create -u $username -s Drafts
> doveadm mailbox subscribe -u $username Drafts
> doveadm mailbox create -u $username -s Junk
> doveadm mailbox subscribe -u $username Junk
> doveadm mailbox create -u $username -s Sent
> doveadm mailbox subscribe -u $username Sent
> doveadm mailbox create -u $username -s Trash
> doveadm mailbox subscribe -u $username Trash
>  
Just add the settings suggested. Then the folders will be autocreated by dovecot
on the next user access.

Sami


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