Hi,

I am using Dovecot and Sendmail ( as lmtp server )

I  would like to consider having some users using there emails and having their "private Ibox" ( I would say as a normal use )

and some users sharing their Inbox

1) Should I consider using and configure 2 different email servers ? ( one sharing the inbox of any users, the other one, not sharing the inbox...)  or I can have this config with the same email server ?

2) if so, how to tell Dovecot to get for user1 and user2 the same Inbox and (user3 and user4) Not sharing their inbox ?  - ... like private emails and a tech support, which should share the same folder

3) or Can I say : User1 -> User 4 have  private emails Inbox.. but user3 and user4 are also sharing the same folder /var/spool/mail/support/  for example

I should admit that I don't know where to go :-(

Thanks for your help

I forgot to say. My current namspace is defined like this

namespace inbox {
type = private
disabled = no
ignore_on_failure = no
  list = yes
    subscriptions = yes
#hidden = no
#inbox = yes
#prefix = INBOX/

  # These mailboxes are widely used and could perhaps be created automatically:

  mailbox "Drafts" {
      auto = subscribe
    special_use = \Drafts
  }
  mailbox "Junk" {
      auto = subscribe
    autoexpunge = 12 weeks
    special_use = \Junk
  }

  mailbox "Trash" {
      auto = no
    autoexpunge = 12 weeks
    special_use = \Trash
  }

  # For \Sent mailboxes there are two widely used names. We'll mark both of
  # them as \Sent. User typically deletes one of them if duplicates are created.
  mailbox "Sent" {
      auto = subscribe
    special_use = \Sent
  }

mailbox virtual/All { # if you have a virtual “All messages” mailbox
auto = no
special_use = \All
}
 

=> that's OK..

So, I 've added  this part

namespace {
hidden = no
ignore_on_failure = no
inbox = no
list = children
#location = maildir:%%h/Maildir:INDEX=%h/shared/%%u:CONTROL=%h/shared/%%u
location = maildir:/var/spool/mail2/support
prefix = shared.%%u.
separator = .
subscriptions = yes
type = shared
}

But it doesn't like this .. :-(