There had been several discussions about the common problem, that there's need for a autocreate-function that creates mailboxes ONLY for new users that had never been logged in before.

The reason: Existing users already HAVE "special folders" with localized names. Creating "standard names" at every login will produce confusion, because then they have multiple Sent-Folders and aren't be able to delete them, because they'll always be recreated.

I would love to have:

1. auto = init Create the folders ONLY if the whole Storage-Folder (e.g.: ~/Maildir or e.g. `/mdbox) is create (=creation of the INBOX itself). Don't create any folder if the main INBOX already exists. Since there has to be a hook to autoreate a non-existing INBOX it should be able to use this action to also create the folders with auto=init at the same time.

2. auto by type Create that "special folder" only if no other special folder exists. If we have "Sent" and "Sent Items" we could set "mailbox Sent { auto=create-by-type }" so this folder will only be created if no other "\Sent" folder (like "Sent Items") already exists. Dovecot could make sure, that there is AT LEAST ONE or JUST ONE of the special folder \Draft, \Trahs, \Sent.

Personally: I would prefere (1) -- and that's what several users already requestet here at the list in the last two years.

Function (1) is the only way to change the behavior on a complex, already running system with existing users. That's the way how to introduce new folders for new users without breaking everything for existing users.

Any chance for us the get this?

Peer

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