[Dovecot] dsync / separator / namespace config-problem

[Timo Sirainen]

On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 21:03 +0100, Jan-Frode Myklebust wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 03:49:57PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> With mdbox the internal separator is '/', but it's not valid to have "INBOX." prefix then (it should be "INBOX/").
> > > 
> > > But how should this be handled in the migration phase from maildir to
> > > mdbox then? Can we have different namespaces for users with maildirs vs.
> > > mdboxes? (..or am i misunderstanding something?)
> > 
> > You'll most likely want to keep the '.' separator with mdbox, at
> least initially. Some clients don't like if the separator changes.
> Perhaps in future if you want to allow users to use '.' character in
> mailbox names you could change it, or possibly make it a per-user
> setting.
> > 
> 
> Sorry for being so dense, but I don't quite get it still. Do you suggest
> dropping the trailing dot from prefix=INBOX. ? I.e.
> 
> 	namespace {
>   		inbox = yes
>   		location = 
>   		prefix = INBOX
>   		type = private
> 		separator = .
> 	}
> 
> when we do the migration to mdbox? And this should work without issues
> for both current maildir users, and mdbox users ?

With that setup you can't even start up Dovecot. The prefix must end
with the separator. So initially just do it like above, but with
"prefix=INBOX."

> Ideally I don't want to use the . as a separator, since it's causing
> problems for our users who expect to be able to use them in folder
> names. But I don't understand if I can change them without causing
> problems to existing users.. or how these problems will appear to the
> users.

It's going to be problematic to change the separator for existing users.
Clients can become confused.