[Dovecot] how to announce shared folders to clients using non-default mail prefix

[Tom Lieuallen]

On 6/13/12 6:38 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 11:16 -0700, Tom Lieuallen wrote:
>> namespace {
>>     hidden = yes
>>     inbox = no
>>     list = children
>>     location = maildir:/a1/dove-shared:INDEX=/a2/imap-index/dove-shared/%u
>>     prefix = iphonemail/sharedimap/
>>     separator = /
>>     type = shared
>
> type=public and same for the other shared namespace. The type=shared
> namespaces are for mailboxes shared between users.
>

Unfortunately, it still isn't working.


namespace {
   inbox = yes
   location =
   prefix =
   separator = /
   type = private
}
namespace {
   hidden = yes
   inbox = no
   list = children
   location = maildir:/a1/dove-shared:INDEX=/a2/imap-index/dove-shared/%u
   prefix = sharedimap/
   separator = /
   type = public
}
namespace {
   hidden = yes
   inbox = no
   list = children
   location = maildir:/a1/dove-shared:INDEX=/a2/imap-index/dove-shared/%u
   prefix = iphonemail/sharedimap/
   separator = /
   type = public
}

l list "" *
* LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "foo1"
* LIST (\NoInferiors \UnMarked) "/" "foo1/folder1"
* LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "iphonemail"
* LIST (\NoInferiors \Marked) "/" "iphonemail/foo1"
* LIST (\NoInferiors \UnMarked) "/" "Sent"
* LIST (\NoInferiors \UnMarked) "/" "Trash"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "sharedimap/cesupport"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "sharedimap/mimesupport"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "iphonemail/sharedimap/cesupport"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "iphonemail/sharedimap/mimesupport"
l OK List completed.

l list "iphonemail/" *
* LIST (\NoInferiors \Marked) "/" "iphonemail/foo1"
l OK List completed.

l list "sharedimap/" *
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "sharedimap/cesupport"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "sharedimap/mimesupport"
l OK List completed.

l list "iphonemail/sharedimap/" *
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "iphonemail/sharedimap/cesupport"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "iphonemail/sharedimap/mimesupport"
l OK List completed.


It seems to me like the logic for deciding which namespaces to follow is 
something like this:

* If mail prefix = "", inspect and potentially use all namespaces

* else look in default namespace for subdirectories matching prefix 
listed _AND_ look for namespaces that are exact matches for the prefix 
passed.

In that 'else' case, it does not appear to look for namespaces where the 
mail prefix is a subset.

thank you

Tom Lieuallen