[Dovecot] Namespaces and shared folders
I had a working dovecot install before I tried to implement shared folders using namespaces.
I added the following to /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:
namespace private {
separator =
prefix =
inbox = yes
}
namespace public {
separator = /
prefix =
location = maildir:/home/public/shared/Maildir
}
</pre>I created my shared folder using the maildirmake command that came with qmail:
maildirmake -S /home/public/shared/Maildir
maildirmake -s write -f online /home/public/shared/Maildir
chown -R dovecot:shared /home/public/shared
find /home/public/shared -type d -exec chmod 0777 {} \;
find /home/public/shared -type f -exec chmod 0666 {} \;At this point, the online folder shows up as a subscribable folder in Thunderbird. I can subscribe to online and I can still access my Inbox. But I can't get to any of the folders in my Inbox (Trash, Drafts, etc.). I can access these folders if I comment out the namespaces and revert to the default behavior.
There are no clues in mail.err, mail.info or mail.warn -- the only messages are the ones written when my client establishes a successful IMAP connection.
What did I do wrong?
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On F 28 Nov, 2008, at 02:16 , bbell2000 wrote:
I had a working dovecot install before I tried to implement shared
folders using namespaces.I added the following to /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:
namespace private { separator = prefix = inbox = yes }
I prefer to define everything, even the values that have a default, so
I would define
location (even if mail_location should apply to the default namespace)
and the separator.
namespace public {separator = / prefix = location = maildir:/home/public/shared/Maildir } </pre>
Also, you should really have distinct prefix (as stated in the example
config).
I would specify inbox = no, although this also might be implied.
I suppose that </pre> comes form some forgotten HTML but is not in
your conf.
g
giuliano wrote:
I prefer to define everything, even the values that have a default, so
I would define location (even if mail_location should apply to the default namespace)
and the separator.
Great suggestion. I've changed my namespaces as follows:
namespace private { separator = prefix = INBOX. location = maildir:~/Maildir inbox = yes }
namespace public { separator = / prefix = location = maildir:/home/public/shared/Maildir inbox = no }
I seem to now have all of my Inbox folders working, and my shared folders are working for read-only. But when I try to drag a message from my Inbox into one of the shared folders, I get an "Unknown namespace" error.
I enabled debug logging and see the following in syslog (and mail.info):
Nov 28 11:41:30 snappy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<bbell>, method=PLAIN, rip=172.30.1.116, lip=172.30.1.6, TLS Nov 28 11:41:30 snappy dovecot: IMAP(bbell): Effective uid=1000, gid=1000, home=/home/bbell Nov 28 11:41:30 snappy dovecot: IMAP(bbell): Namespace: type=private, prefix=INBOX., sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, subscriptions=no Nov 28 11:41:30 snappy dovecot: IMAP(bbell): maildir: data=/home/bbell/Maildir Nov 28 11:41:30 snappy dovecot: IMAP(bbell): maildir: root=/home/bbell/Maildir, index=/home/bbell/Maildir, control=, inbox= Nov 28 11:41:30 snappy dovecot: IMAP(bbell): Namespace: type=public, prefix=Public/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, subscriptions=no Nov 28 11:41:30 snappy dovecot: IMAP(bbell): maildir: data=/home/public/shared/Maildir Nov 28 11:41:30 snappy dovecot: IMAP(bbell): maildir: root=/home/public/shared/Maildir, index=/home/public/shared/Maildir, control=, inbox=
I'm obviously still doing something wrong. Clues?
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On Nov 28, 2008, at 6:44 PM, bbell2000 wrote:
Great suggestion. I've changed my namespaces as follows:
Rather do it the other way around:
namespace private { separator = prefix = INBOX.
prefix =
location = maildir:~/Maildir inbox = yes }
namespace public { separator = / prefix =
prefix = shared/
Also (assuming v1.1):
subscriptions = no
location = maildir:/home/public/shared/Maildir inbox = no }
Found the clue I was looking for at http://www.mailinglistarchive.com/dovecot@dovecot.org/msg08557.html. Seems to be working fine now.
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