L.S.
It is not clear to me why I should use namespaces or symlinks to share a single maildir mailbox with multiple users. Why not configure multiple mail clients with the same account information?
TIA,
Wouter
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Wouter Amsterdam wrote:
L.S.
It is not clear to me why I should use namespaces or symlinks to share a single maildir mailbox with multiple users. Why not configure multiple mail clients with the same account information?
Assuming your users also have non-shared email accounts and folders, it's generally easier from their point of view to have the shared folder(s) accessible using their own, normal account information.
It's also the case that not all mail clients play nice with IMAP accounts that get accessed "behind their back" (due to unexpected changes). But, I don't think there's anything problematic on the server side.
Best, Ben
It is not clear to me why I should use namespaces or symlinks to share a single maildir mailbox with multiple users. Why not configure multiple mail clients with the same account information?
Well, since by using the latter, you would introduce some kind of security breach. What happens when one of the users leaves the office for an other job? When the password of the 'shared mailbox' is not changed, the user who left could still access the shared mailbox. Even when his 'normal' account is disabled.
-Remy
OK, didn't think about that. Not that security for this mailbox is a great issue as this mailbox is only accessable inside our LAN and passwords for these shared accounts are maintained by the administrators and not by the clients/users. Is there also a technical advantage (i.e. file locks, time-outs) of using namespaces/symlinks compared to my simple solution?
Wouter
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Remy Zandwijk [mailto:remy.zandwijk@falw.vu.nl] Verzonden: zaterdag 26 januari 2008 12:32 Aan: Wouter Amsterdam CC: dovecot@dovecot.org Onderwerp: Re: [Dovecot] Shared mailboxes
It is not clear to me why I should use namespaces or symlinks to share a single maildir mailbox with multiple users. Why not configure multiple mail clients with the same account information?
Well, since by using the latter, you would introduce some kind of security breach. What happens when one of the users leaves the office for an other job? When the password of the 'shared mailbox' is not changed, the user who left could still access the shared mailbox. Even when his 'normal' account is disabled.
-Remy
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Benjamin R. Haskell
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Remy Zandwijk
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Wouter Amsterdam