I'm trying to use a shared public namespace. My mail client says it exists, and I can telnet in and SELECT it, but sieve scripts can't write to it.

The configuration in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf: # Shared namespace for Foo stuff namespace { type = public separator = '/' prefix = "#Foo/" location = maildir:/local/mnt/mail/shared:INDEXPVT=/local/mnt/mail/%n/shared:LAYOUT=fs

   # Use the default namespace for saving subscriptions.
   #subscriptions = no

   # List the shared/ namespace only if there are visible shared mailboxes.
   #list = children
 }

I created the location, owned by the vmail user: $ ls -ld /local/mnt/mail/shared drwxr-xr-x 4 vmail vmail 4096 Dec 11 12:38 /local/mnt/mail/shared

I created the subfolders, verified that they are there. Also, I see that Dovecot created a dovecot.mailbox.log file: $ ls -l /local/mnt/mail/shared total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 96 Dec 11 12:38 dovecot.mailbox.log drwxr-xr-x 3 vmail vmail 4096 Dec 11 12:37 Foo-Bugs drwxr-xr-x 3 vmail vmail 4096 Dec 11 12:38 Foo-Patches

The dovecot.mailbox.log file is empty: $ more /local/mnt/mail/shared/dovecot.mailbox.log

The intermediate folder is empty: $ ls -l /local/mnt/mail/shared/Foo-Bugs/ total 4 drwxr-xr-x 5 vmail vmail 4096 Dec 11 12:36 Foo-Bugs-New

The mailbox has some folders in it: $ ls -l /local/mnt/mail/shared/Foo-Bugs/Foo-Bugs-New/ total 12 drwxr-xr-x 2 vmail vmail 4096 Dec 11 12:36 cur drwxr-xr-x 2 vmail vmail 4096 Dec 11 12:36 new drwxr-xr-x 2 vmail vmail 4096 Dec 11 12:36 tmp

They seem to be empty: $ ls -l /local/mnt/mail/shared/Foo-Bugs/Foo-Bugs-New/* /local/mnt/mail/shared/Foo-Bugs/Foo-Bugs-New/cur:

The Sieve log insists the mailbox doesn't exist: $ more /local/mnt/home/Foo-bugs/.dovecot.sieve.log sieve: info: started log at Dec 11 15:35:20. error: msgid=: failed to store into mailbox '#Foo/Foo-Bugs/Foo-Bugs-New': Mailbox doesn't exist: #Foo/Foo-Bugs/Foo-Bugs-New. info: msgid=: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX'.

But if I telnet into the server, the mailbox shows up: a1 list "" * * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Junk) "/" Junk * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" #Foo * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" #Foo/Foo-Patches * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" #Foo/Foo-Patches/Foo-Patches-New * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" #Foo/Foo-Bugs * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" #Foo/Foo-Bugs/Foo-Bugs-New * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" INBOX a1 OK List completed.

And I can SELECT it: a2 select "#Foo/Foo-Bugs/Foo-Bugs-New" * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)] Flags permitted. * 0 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1418343553] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID * OK [NOMODSEQ] No permanent modsequences a2 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed (0.006 secs).

So why can't the Sieve script store into it?

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