Re: Public NameSpace using sdbox with INDEXPVT for per-user-seen flags does not take into account the dovecot-shared file flag

29 Mar 2021 · *dovecot-shared*

      Thank you Aki, for your quick response.
*dovecot-shared* file flag should actually enable the *INDEXPVT *setting
in the NameSpace for each mailbox it has been created in, as it did for
INDEX setting.
Below folows the output of the dovecot -n command:
auth_mechanisms = plain login
disable_plaintext_auth = no
imap_capability = +SPECIAL-USE XLIST
listen = *,[::]
lmtp_rcpt_check_quota = yes
log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
mail_attachment_dir = /ZSAFEMAIL/ATTACHED/attached
mail_attachment_min_size = 64 k
mail_max_userip_connections = 100
mail_plugins = quota acl
mail_privileged_group = vmail
namespace {
inbox = no
list = yes
location =
sdbox:/var/vmail/PublicFolders:LAYOUT=fs:DIRNAME=dbox-MailFolder:INDEXPVT=~/Maildir/public
prefix = PublicFolders/
separator = /
subscriptions = no
type = public
}
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
location =
mailbox Drafts {
special_use = \Drafts
}
mailbox Junk {
special_use = \Junk
}
mailbox Sent {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox "Sent Messages" {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox Trash {
special_use = \Trash
}
prefix =
separator = /
subscriptions = yes
type = private
}
passdb {
args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-master.conf.ext
driver = sql
master = yes
pass = yes
}
passdb {
args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
driver = sql
}
plugin {
acl = vfile
quota = dict:user::file:/var/vmail/%d/%n/.quotausage
quota_status_nouser = DUNNO
quota_status_overquota = 552 5.2.2 Mailbox is full
quota_status_success = DUNNO
sieve = /var/vmail/%d/%n/.sieve
sieve_after = /var/vmail/%d/%n/.ispconfig.sieve
sieve_before = /var/vmail/%d/%n/.ispconfig-before.sieve
sieve_max_actions = 100
sieve_max_redirects = 25
sieve_max_script_size = 2M
}
protocols = imap pop3 lmtp
service auth {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
unix_listener auth-userdb {
group = vmail
mode = 0600
user = vmail
}
user = root
}
service imap-login {
client_limit = 1000
process_limit = 512
}
service lmtp {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
group = postfix
mode = 0600
user = postfix
}
}
service quota-status {
client_limit = 1
executable = quota-status -p postfix
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/quota-status {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
}
service stats {
unix_listener stats-reader {
group = vmail
mode = 0660
user = vmail
}
unix_listener stats-writer {
group = vmail
mode = 0660
user = vmail
}
}
ssl_cert = 

Is it a bug of some kind?
Thank you,
Panos.
On 29/3/2021 08:43, Aki Tuomi wrote:
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On 29/03/2021 02:28 Panayiotis Fafakos pfaf@wisdomsoftware.net wrote:
Dear Timo,
we have successfully used dovecot-shared file flag in MaildirPublicNameSpaces with private index files, to have per-user-seen flags for some but not all mailboxesunder public folders.
This was actually done on older dovecot versions (i.e dovecot v2.2.33.2) , using a location setting in dovecot.conf like:
location = maildir:/var/vmail/PublicFolders:LAYOUT=fs:DIRNAME=privDirMailFolder:INDEX=~/Maildir/public
We try to use similar location setting using sdbox storage in dovecot v2.3.4.1, like below:
location = sdbox:/var/vmail/PublicFolders:LAYOUT=fs:DIRNAME=dbox-MailFolder:INDEXPVT=~/Maildir/public
but the dovecot-sharedfile flag seems to be ignored.
As a result all mailboxes under public folders use the per-user-seen flags setting as set in the location setting, regardless of the existence of the dovecot-shared file flag or not.
Is there any setting to use so that only some mailboxes under public folders use per-user-seen flags?
Thank you in advance for your support,
Panos Fafakos.
Hi Panos,
INDEXPVT is a namespace level setting, not per-folder setting. I cannot see any "dovecot-sharedfile" flag, maybe provide doveconf -n?
Aki