[Dovecot] Shared Folders via Symlinking

[Adrian Mardlin]

I've managed to fix this initial problem by using INDEX=MEMORY. However, there's another side-effect. When deleting a symlinked folder, it leaves behind a file called ..DOVECOT-TRASHED, which is still symlinked. This then prevents that user from deleting any other folders.

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On 21 Dec 2010, at 11:26, Adrian Mardlin wrote:

> Hi folks,
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> I'm trying to set up shared folders via symlinking and have come across a problem. I created a folder for one user, then symlinked it to another. I figured that one thing that is likely to happen at some point is that user 2 is going to decide they don't want to look at that folder any more, and will delete it, so I tried this. Much to my relief, it didn't delete the actual mails, just the symlink. However, it did alter the dovecot.index.cache file to indicate that the folder had been removed, and subsequent attempts to select this folder via the primary user resulted in an error, "NO Mailbox was deleted under us". I had to delete dovecot.index.cache to get it working again.
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> Sorry - can't bring myself to call folders mailboxes... ;-)
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