[Dovecot] Shared namespace, separator, username and dots.

[Robert Schetterer]

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Am 01.11.2013 17:26, schrieb Marcio Merlone:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I run a legacy mailserver that i had replaced courier-imap for
> dovecot 1.2. Everything is fine except for shared namespace.
> Maildir structure has been created using dot '.' as folder
> separator. It happens that all our users are created as
> name.surname as default. So when I want to select a shared folder,
> MUA end up with the following IMAP command:
> 
> select shared.jhon.doe.folder.subfolder
> 
> Obviously I took ages to figure why it won't work since it takes
> 'doe' as a folder and not a username part. When sharing a folder
> from 'sales' user, for example, it works fine.  What do you suggest
> to make shared folders work for all without rebuilding hundreds of
> maildirs to change folder separator from '.' to '/'?
> 
> Thanks for any hint.
> 
> # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

thats simply to old to give good advice, upgrade to a recent version

however perhaps read http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Listescape


> # OS: Linux 2.6.32-52-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS 
> log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps managesieve 
> ssl_listen: * disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes 
> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default):
> /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap):
> /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(managesieve):
> /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login login_process_per_connection:
> no login_max_processes_count: 1024 max_mail_processes: 1024 
> mail_max_userip_connections(default): 20 
> mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 20 
> mail_max_userip_connections(managesieve): 10 first_valid_gid: 0 
> mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location:
> maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/var/cache/dovecot/%n fsync_disable: yes 
> maildir_very_dirty_syncs: yes mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock 
> mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap 
> mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap 
> mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve 
> mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota acl imap_acl 
> mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota acl imap_acl 
> mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default):
> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap):
> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(managesieve):
> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve namespace: type: private 
> separator: . inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: 
> type: shared separator: . prefix: shared.%%u. location:
> maildir:%%h/Maildir:INDEX=%u/Maildir/shared/%%u list: children 
> subscriptions: yes lda: postmaster_address: postmaster at a1.ind.br 
> mail_plugins: quota sieve acl quota_full_tempfail: yes 
> auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master fsync_disable: no 
> auth default: mechanisms: plain login master_user_separator: * 
> passdb: driver: pam args: session=yes blocking=yes dovecot passdb: 
> driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd.masterusers pass:
> yes master: yes userdb: driver: nss args: service=ldap
> blocking=yes socket: type: listen client: path:
> /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot mode: 436 user: postfix group:
> postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 438 
> plugin: sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve acl: vfile acl_shared_dict:
> proxy::acl dict: acl: mysql:/etc/dovecot/acl-dict-sql.conf
> 
> 


Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer

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