I'm new to Dovecot and I need help configuring a shared or public mailbox - I'm not sure which is appropriate. I've read the wiki and Peer's book and neither appears to cover what I'd like to do. So I could use some specific help on how to configure a solution for the following:
I'd like to create two real mailboxes, let's call them AAA and BBB. Let's call the domain "mydomain".
Anyone user can send mail to them, just like any other address: aaa@mydomain or bbb@mydomain.
I'd like all IMAP users in mydomain to be able to read the messages in those mailboxes.
I'd like all POP users in mydomain to also see those messages. (But I don't think I need help with the virtual part).
I'd like only a few designated IMAP users to be able to delete the messages in those mailboxes, including dummy users AAA and BBB themselves.
Ideally, I'd like them to appear in the client under a separate namespace from shared mailboxes. Example:
INBOX
+--- the normal stuff.
Shared
+--- user1
+--- user2
Special
+--- AAA
+--- BBB
My confusion:
I don't know if this requires a shared namespace or a publicnamespace. It "feels" like it's "public", since all users would have access. But Peer's book and the wiki describe manually creating folders for public namespaces and controlling the contents with manual file manipulation, which leads me to believe that they can't be used for regular mail (although the book and the wiki never say one way or the other). I don't want to manually control files. I want to send mail to the mailbox and delete (see above) it with a client.
There are several examples in Peer's book and the wiki, but noneseem to match what I want. (This is the problem with documentation that is predominantly example-based). I guess I need more explanation of the mechanical differences between shared and public and why one would pick one over the other.
Can someone help? Please be as specific as you can.
Thanks much,
Michael