[Dovecot] Shared folders plans for the future

[Mark Nienberg]

Charles Marcus wrote:
> Mark Nienberg wrote:
>> Mark Nienberg wrote:
>>> Timo Sirainen wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think the "public folders" configuration will stay as it is now. Does
>>>> it really even need anything else? 
>>>
>>> One thing I notice is that if I read a message in my inbox and then 
>>> move it to a public folder, it is marked as unread in the public 
>>> folder.  Ideally, it would be marked as read (for me, unread for 
>>> others).
>>>
>>> I'm still on 1.0beta6 so forgive me if this has been changed in the RCs.
>>
>> Oh, and another thing.  Users cannot delete public folders from 
>> Thunderbird if they have Thunderbird configured to move deleted items 
>> to a Trash folder.  In order to delete a public folder, the user has 
>> to temporarily configure Thunderbird to delete items immediately.
> 
> But normal users shouldn't normally be able to delete public folders, 
> should they? Unless you mean folders of *theirs* that they have shared.
> 
> Public Folders should be managed only by designated admins, no?
> 
In our environment "public" refers to our in-house staff.  They create a 
"public" folder for each project they work on so all team members can 
see all the mail related to the project. It works best as a 
collaborative effort.  I don't really want them to have to come to me to 
request creation or deletion of a folder.

The most common reason to delete a folder is that someone tries to make 
one with a period in its name, and you know what happens then.

Mark