[Dovecot] Shared Mailboxes, Per User SEEN flag and Mailing lists

[Peter Fern]

Ted Strzalkowski wrote:

> Now, correct me if I'm wrong.  Although the symlink option would work,
> wouldn't he have to run Dovecot rootless then?  And I believe that is a
> security risk then, no?
>  
>
I don't think that's necessary, though there may need to be some 
experimentation with file permissions on the dovecot-shared file to get 
the right combination of permissions.  As I say - this is all 
hypothetical to me - I haven't actually tried it.

> Public folders should be a bit easier than symlinks which seems to be 
> quite
> a kludge.  I have experience with the public folders in MS Exchange, 
> but not
> in IMAP or anything.  It has to be possible without a kludge.  But, then
> again, I'm probably wrong.
>
> TedSki
>  
>
The namespace options allow 'real' public folders, but this is global - 
all users see the mailbox, which is not what is needed here - it's an 
opt-in setup, so... symlinking is necessary.

Cheers,
Pete