[Dovecot] Imap Ghost folder

Sascha Zucca zucca at systemschmiede.com
Wed Aug 22 23:12:34 EEST 2012


If you should need any more info on this, just drop me a line.
I am fully stuck!
I think that my dovecot.conf is not put together well, only i can't find 
the problem...

Thanx
Sascha

Am 22.08.2012 01:44, schrieb Sascha Zucca:
> Hi list,
> i have a strange "ghost" folder in my subscription list and just can't 
> find out how to get rid of it.
> It seems to be someones Inbox, but it doesn't tell me whose.
>
> Here's a screenshot of Open-Xchanges Web-GUI:
> /http://s9.postimage.org/6aohh97ov/iehadjhb.jpg
> /
> As you can see there is an unamed folder just under Freigaben (Shares).
>
>
> In Thunderbird:
> /http://s12.postimage.org/z0n82k2u5/bjddgefg.jpg/
>
> Now the Folder is "INBOX"...But it is noones Inbox, as the 
> corresponding user (amazon e.g.) should be a prefix-folder right 
> before the share.
>
>
> some output over Telnet:
>
> 1 lsub "" "*"
> * LSUB () "/" "INBOX"
> * LSUB () "/" "INBOX/Amazon"
> * LSUB () "/" "INBOX/Bestellung"
> * LSUB () "/" "Drafts"
> * LSUB () "/" "Sent Items"
> * LSUB () "/" "Spam"
> * LSUB () "/" "Trash"
> * LSUB () "/" "Freigaben/amazon/INBOX"
> 1 OK Lsub completed.
>
>
> 1 list "" "*"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Trash"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Sent Items"
> * LIST (\HasChildren) "/" "INBOX"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX/Amazon"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX/Bestellung"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Spam"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Drafts"
> * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "Freigaben/amazon"
> * LIST (\Noselect \HasNoChildren) "/" "Freigaben/"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Freigaben/amazon/INBOX"
> 1 OK List completed.
>
>
> This looks a bit strange to me:
> * LIST (\Noselect \HasNoChildren) "/" "Freigaben/"
> But i don't know really if that is the ghostfolder.
>
>
> finally here's the interesting part in my dovecot.conf:
> /
> namespace private {
>  separator = /
>  prefix =
>  #location defaults to mail_location.
>   inbox = yes
> }
>
> namespace  shared {
>   separator = /
>   prefix = Freigaben/%%n/
>   location = 
> maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%%d/%%n/:INDEX=/var/mail/vhosts/%%d/%%n/
>   subscriptions = no
>   list = children
>   inbox = no
> }
> /
>
> Any idea how to banish the ghost in the machine?
>
> Thank you very much
> Sascha
>
>


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