IMAP directory structure.

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Tue, 21 Feb 2017, C5ace wrote:

> I use Dovecot 2.1.7. and like to know how to force the IMAP directory 
> structure to be:
>
> The IMAP server's desired directory structure is:
> root at server-2:/var/vmail/c5ace.com/test/Maildir#
> /.INBOX
> /.INBOX.Archives
> /.INBOX.Drafts
> /.INBOX.Junk
> /.INBOX.Sent
> /.INBOX.Templates
> /.INBOX.Trash
>
> and to prevent the mail clients like Thunderbird, Claws Mail, etc. to add 
> additional out of tree directories.

Define the prefix of the default namespace as "INBOX." and deploy ACLs 
that deny to create new sub-mailboxes. (However, if I remember correctly 
the own has the permission to change the permissions implicitly.)

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Steffen Kaiser
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