Trouble getting listescape plugin to work with "$" separator (as demonstrated in Wiki) in Dovecot 2.2.9
Hello,
I'm attempting to install the listescape plugin so that IMAP users are able to include periods (.) and forward slashes (/) in IMAP directory names.
I'm following the instructions at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Listescape , which imply that this can be accomplished by enabling the listescape plugin and using the dollar sign ($) as the separator.
With regard to my dovecot configuration, first, I changed
protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota antispam }
to
protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota antispam listescape
namespace private { separator = $ inbox = yes } }
When I start dovecot, I receive the following error:
doveconf: Warning: NOTE: You can get a new clean config file with: doveconf -n > dovecot-new.conf doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:102: namespace private {} has been replaced by namespace { type=private }
Pretty straightforward; I made the required change to yield
protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota antispam listescape
namespace { type = private separator = $ inbox = yes } }
But now, when I attempt to start dovecot, I receive the following error:
doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 104: Unknown variable: $ doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89 doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 104: Unknown variable: $
Is it possible that the instructions at the Wiki 2 URL cited above are out-of-date?
If I try to escape the $ with any other character (I'm just shooting in the dark regarding possible escape characters, as I cannot find definitive documentation that pertains to escaping $ in the dovecot configuration), I receive yet another error:
doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: Namespace '': Hierarchy separator must be only one character long doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89 doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: Namespace '': Hierarchy separator must be only one character long
Ultimately, I have two questions:
1.) Is the nesting structure that I've employed correct? The Wiki 2 page is not clear with regard to the nesting; is it correct to put the "namespace" block inside the "protocol imap" block, as I demonstrated above?
2.) Is it possible to escape the dollar sign so that it can be used as the separator?
Full "doveconf -n" output is included below.
Thanks for any assistance,
-Ben
# doveconf -n # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 104: Unknown variable: $ doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89 # OS: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = *,[::] log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_debug = yes mail_privileged_group = vmail passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { antispam_backend = pipe antispam_debug_target = syslog antispam_pipe_program = /bin/bash antispam_pipe_program_args = /usr/local/bin/sa-learn-pipe.sh antispam_pipe_program_notspam_arg = --ham antispam_pipe_program_spam_arg = --spam antispam_pipe_tmpdir = /tmp antispam_spam_pattern_ignorecase = SPAM;JUNK antispam_trash_pattern_ignorecase = trash;Deleted * antispam_verbose_debug = 1 quota = dict:user::file:/var/vmail/%d/%n/.quotausage quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M quota_rule3 = Junk:ignore quota_rule4 = INBOX:storage=+100M quota_warning = storage=100%% quota-reached 100 %u %d quota_warning2 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u %d quota_warning3 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u %d quota_warning4 = -storage=100%% quota-below below %u %d sieve = /var/vmail/%d/%n/.sieve } postmaster_address = postmaster@localhost.com protocols = imap pop3 sieve 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 config { unix_listener config { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { client_limit = 1000 process_limit = 500 } service quota-below { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-below.sh unix_listener quota-below { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } user = vmail } service quota-reached { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-reached.sh unix_listener quota-reached { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } user = vmail } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } user = vmail } ssl_cert =
On 10/01/2014 09:43 PM, Ben Johnson wrote:
Ultimately, I have two questions:
1.) Is the nesting structure that I've employed correct? The Wiki 2 page is not clear with regard to the nesting; is it correct to put the "namespace" block inside the "protocol imap" block, as I demonstrated above? I think it would be better, if you put the namespace configuration at the top level. See http://master.wiki2.dovecot.org/Namespaces or 10-mail.conf and 15-mailboxes.conf, that are located in the doc/example-config/conf.d/ directory of the Dovecot sources, for more examples.
2.) Is it possible to escape the dollar sign so that it can be used as the separator? There was a mistake in the wiki. You should quote the $ like this: "$".
br, Teemu Huovila
On 10/2/2014 9:57 AM, Teemu Huovila wrote:
On 10/01/2014 09:43 PM, Ben Johnson wrote:
Ultimately, I have two questions:
1.) Is the nesting structure that I've employed correct? The Wiki 2 page is not clear with regard to the nesting; is it correct to put the "namespace" block inside the "protocol imap" block, as I demonstrated above? I think it would be better, if you put the namespace configuration at the top level. See http://master.wiki2.dovecot.org/Namespaces or 10-mail.conf and 15-mailboxes.conf, that are located in the doc/example-config/conf.d/ directory of the Dovecot sources, for more examples.
2.) Is it possible to escape the dollar sign so that it can be used as the separator? There was a mistake in the wiki. You should quote the $ like this: "$".
br, Teemu Huovila
Teemu,
Thank you!!! Quoting the "$" fixed the syntax issue. And I moved the namespace to the root level of the configuration, per your advice.
Now, the only problem I see is that when I attempt to create a new folder beneath the Inbox (whether it contains a "." or not), the folder appears at the root-level of the IMAP account, at the same level as the Inbox itself. The folder name is "INBOX.My Folder".
Also, if I try to select the folder and view its contents, I receive the error, "Mailbox doesn't exist: INBOX.My Folder". But this may simply be a product of a misconfiguration on my part.
For what it's worth, this seems to happen regardless of the separator that I define in the namespace.
Do I need to change something else in the Dovecot config for this to work the way that I'm intending?
Thanks again for your invaluable assistance,
-Ben
On 10/02/2014 05:23 PM, Ben Johnson wrote:
Now, the only problem I see is that when I attempt to create a new folder beneath the Inbox (whether it contains a "." or not), the folder appears at the root-level of the IMAP account, at the same level as the Inbox itself. The folder name is "INBOX.My Folder".
Also, if I try to select the folder and view its contents, I receive the error, "Mailbox doesn't exist: INBOX.My Folder". But this may simply be a product of a misconfiguration on my part. Namespace configuration can be a bit difficult. I urge you to read the wiki page on namespaces carefully and test which configuration works with your mail clients. It might be as easy, as renaming the namespace you have now to inbox, eg: namespace INBOX { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = $ type = private }
If that is not what you meant, or does not work for your clients, try with several namespaces and setting the "prefix" in them.
br, Teemu Huovila
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