[Dovecot] Subscription File
I had a use lose 20 folders on their mail account. I was able to pull them back from a restore and dumped them all back on the server in her Maildir. The problem is she doesn't see them on her Thunderbird or Outlook client. I checked to make sure I put them back into the correct directory and I did as well as verify permissions aren't weird. I then noticed a file called 'subscriptions' in her Maildir directory. She appears to only be seeing folders that are listed in this 'subscriptions' file. My question is how do I update this file? If I delete it, will Dovecot re-generate the file with the correct subscription entries? I don't understand what to do but I'm hoping I don't have to edit the file by hand...that seems way too cumbersome.
- Carlos Mennens carloswill@gmail.com:
I had a use lose 20 folders on their mail account. I was able to pull them back from a restore and dumped them all back on the server in her Maildir. The problem is she doesn't see them on her Thunderbird or Outlook client. I checked to make sure I put them back into the correct directory and I did as well as verify permissions aren't weird. I then noticed a file called 'subscriptions' in her Maildir directory. She appears to only be seeing folders that are listed in this 'subscriptions' file. My question is how do I update this file? If I delete it, will Dovecot re-generate the file with the correct subscription entries? I don't understand what to do but I'm hoping I don't have to edit the file by hand...that seems way too cumbersome.
The client handles the subscriptions (and dovecot does in turn update the file)
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On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de wrote:
The client handles the subscriptions (and dovecot does in turn update the file)
So I added some folders back to the users Maildir directory and made sure ownership on the Linux side was correct. I just can't see where in Thunderbird, the user is able to see folders in her Maildir that she's unsubscribed to and how we enable the subscription.
On 2011-09-26 10:07 AM, Carlos Mennens carloswill@gmail.com wrote:
So I added some folders back to the users Maildir directory and made sure ownership on the Linux side was correct. I just can't see where in Thunderbird, the user is able to see folders in her Maildir that she's unsubscribed to and how we enable the subscription.
Right-click on any folder under the account, then click 'Subscribe'...
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Best regards,
Charles
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Charles Marcus CMarcus@media-brokers.com wrote:
Right-click on any folder under the account, then click 'Subscribe'...
I don't think we're on the same page here. I restored the folders off tape and moved them back into her 'Maildir' directory on the server. She doesn't see them in Webmail or Thunderbird clients because they are not listed in this 'subscribe' text file Dovecot uses to display the folders to the user. She can't right click what she can't see. The folders are sitting in her Maildir and I can see them on the server...I'm just missing how we can see or present these folders to the user so she can see / subscribe the folders.
Sorry if I'm missing something here...
On 2011-09-26 10:16 AM, Carlos Mennens carloswill@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Charles Marcus CMarcus@media-brokers.com wrote:
Right-click on any folder under the account, then click 'Subscribe'...
I don't think we're on the same page here. I restored the folders off tape and moved them back into her 'Maildir' directory on the server. She doesn't see them in Webmail or Thunderbird clients because they are not listed in this 'subscribe' text file Dovecot uses to display the folders to the user. She can't right click what she can't see. The folders are sitting in her Maildir and I can see them on the server...I'm just missing how we can see or present these folders to the user so she can see / subscribe the folders.
Sorry if I'm missing something here...
You are... as has already been told to you, the subscriptions file is accessed/manipulated by IMAP *clients - ie, Thunderbird.
Do as I suggested - in Thunderbird, right-click on ANY folder that IS being displayed, click 'Subscriptions', then ENABLE the missing folders in the subscriptions list (click the little checkbox).
If you don't see them there, then that would most likely be a permissions problem.
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Best regards,
Charles
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Charles Marcus CMarcus@media-brokers.com wrote:
You are... as has already been told to you, the subscriptions file is accessed/manipulated by IMAP *clients - ie, Thunderbird.
Do as I suggested - in Thunderbird, right-click on ANY folder that IS being displayed, click 'Subscriptions', then ENABLE the missing folders in the subscriptions list (click the little checkbox).
If you don't see them there, then that would most likely be a permissions problem.
Sorry Monday's are a bit slow for me. Understood and thanks!
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Carlos Mennens
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Charles Marcus
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Ralf Hildebrandt