On 4 Jun 2024, at 18:56, Robert L Mathews via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:

On Jun 4, 2024, at 8:40 AM, Pete Long via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:

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I'm having a bit of a time trying to get the EXPUNGED mailbox to not display when any mail is moved or deleted.

You should make the name start with a dot like ".EXPUNGED" to hide it from normal folders. See the "example configuration" at <https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/lazy_expunge_plugin/>, where it shows, for example:

namespace inbox { mailbox .EXPUNGED { ... lazy_expunge = .EXPUNGED

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Here is the information I think is relevant:

As a tip, rather than doing this, send the output of "doveconf -n" to the list in the future. That way other people can see what your full configuration is, rather than guessing.

Thanks Robert. Here I go.

dovecot -n

2.3.13 (89f716dc2): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

Pigeonhole version 0.5.13 (cdd19fe3)

OS: Linux 5.10.0-30-amd64 x86_64 Debian 11.9

Hostname: sulaco.fafflords.co.uk

auth_failure_delay = 6 secs auth_master_user_separator = + auth_username_format = %Ln log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = " lazy_expunge acl" mail_privileged_group = mail namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox .EXPUNGED { autoexpunge = 1 weeks autoexpunge_max_mails = 100000 } mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes } passdb { driver = pam } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes } plugin { acl = vfile:/etc/dovecot/global-acls:cache_secs=300 lazy_expunge = .EXPUNGED quota_rule = .EXPUNGED:ignore } protocols = " imap" service auth { unix_listener auth-client { mode = 0600 user = Debian-exim } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 0 } } ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/sulaco.fafflords.co.uk/fullchain.pem ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it userdb { driver = passwd }

My 50-expunge.conf is now exactly as is shown at https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/lazy_expunge_plugin/ .

After a restart of Dovecot, I see this in the logs:

Jun 05 08:12:07 imap(pete)<19761><KPYfSB8aj4dWH1ne>: Error: Mailbox Deleted Messages: Lazy-expunge transaction failed: Mailbox Deleted Messages: UID=1 67: lazy_expunge: Couldn't open expunge mailbox: Failed to open mailbox .EXPUNGED: Invalid mailbox name: Begins with hierarchy separator

Should I specify a different seperator for the .EXPUNGED mailbox?

https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/namespace/#hierarchy-separators

Thanks.

Pete.