Problem with per-user \Seen flag on public folder

[Markus Valentin]

> On 17/05/2021 14:43 Bartek Szady <bszx-dovecot at bszx.eu> wrote:
> 
>  
> Hello
> I have noticed that when per-user \Seen flag is configured dovecot do
> not respond properly to 'store' command. eg.:
> 
> ===============
> 42 uid store 6 +Flags (\Seen)
> 42 OK Store completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs).
> 43 IDLE
> + idling
> DONE
> 43 OK Idle completed (3.204 + 3.203 + 3.203 secs).
> ===============
> 
> Thunderbird is confused by this and read emails turns into unread after
> a while.
> When global flag is stored dovecot responds as it should, I think:
> 
> ===============
> 32 uid store 3 -Flags (\Flagged)
> * 2 FETCH (UID 3 FLAGS ())
> 32 OK Store completed (0.002 + 0.000 + 0.001 secs).
> 33 IDLE
> + idling
> DONE
> 33 OK Idle completed (5.362 + 5.362 + 5.361 secs).
> ===============
> 
> When per-user \Seen flag is not configured:
> 
> ===============
> 25 uid store 6 +Flags (\Seen)
> * 4 FETCH (UID 6 FLAGS (\Seen))
> 25 OK Store completed (0.002 + 0.000 + 0.001 secs).
> 26 IDLE
> + idling
> * OK Still here
> DONE
> 26 OK Idle completed (65.076 + 65.076 + 65.076 secs).
> ===============
> 

Hi,

sorry i didn't answer right away. It seems you indeed discovered a bug. We are looking into it and tracking it as DOV-4576.

Thank you for reporting and the details.

Markus

> 
> # doveconf -n
> # 2.3.14 (cee3cbc0d): dovecot-int.conf
> # OS: Linux 5.1.16 x86_64
> # Hostname: #hidden
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
> base_dir = /var/run/dovecot-int
> default_internal_group = dovecot1
> default_internal_user = dovecot1
> default_login_user = dovenull1
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> login_log_format = int %$: %s
> mail_debug = yes
> mail_location = maildir:~/Mail/Maildir
> mail_log_prefix = "int-%s(%u)<%{pid}><%{session}>: "
> namespace {
>   inbox = yes
>   location =
>   prefix =
>   separator = /
>   type = private
> }
> passdb {
>   args = scheme=MD5-CRYPT /etc/dovecot/passwd-int
>   driver = passwd-file
> }
> passdb {
>   args = scheme=MD5-CRYPT /etc/dovecot/virtual-int
>   driver = passwd-file
> }
> passdb {
>   driver = pam
> }
> plugin {
>   acl = vfile
> }
> protocols = pop3 imap
> service auth {
>   user = root
> }
> service imap-login {
>   group = dovenull1
>   inet_listener imap {
>     address = <ips>
>   }
>   user = dovecot1
> }
> service pop3-login {
>   group = dovenull1
>   inet_listener pop3 {
>     address = <ips>
>   }
> }
> service stats {
>   unix_listener stats-writer {
>     mode = 0660
>     user = pubmail
>   }
> }
> ssl_cert = </var/lib/openssl/certs/imap-int.crt
> ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it
> ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
> userdb {
>   args = /etc/dovecot/virtual-int
>   driver = passwd-file
> }
> userdb {
>   driver = passwd
> }
> protocol imap {
>   mail_plugins = acl imap_acl
>   namespace {
>     location = maildir:/srv/mail/public:LAYOUT=fs:INDEXPVT=~/Mail/public
>     prefix = publiczne/
>     separator = /
>     subscriptions = no
>     type = public
>   }
>   ssl = yes
> }
> 
> 
> Bartek