[Dovecot] namespaces, shared mailboxes

[Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth]

Hi!

I'd like to provide shared mailboxes with maildir that should appear
like 'Shared/<mailboxname>' to the clients.

Using the namespace configuration below, everything works fine, exept
one thing: Mail clients (only tested with Thunderbird) won't allow to
put mails directly in 'Shared/mailboxname' (the folder it is greyed
out). You currently have to create subfolders and put the mails in those
subfolders.

Is there any workaround for this problem?

-------------------- 8< --------------------
namespace private {
  separator = /
  inbox = yes
  prefix =
  location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
}

namespace shared {
  separator = /
  # hidden = yes
  prefix = Shared/spamrep/
  location =
maildir:/var/spool/mail/Shared/spamrep:CONTROL=~/Maildir/control/Shared/spamrep:INDEX=~/Mail\
dir/index/Shared/spamrep
}
-------------------- 8< --------------------

I'm using dovecot 1.0.8.

"Server supports folders that contain subfolders and messages" is
enabled in Thunderbird's advanced server settings.

Thanks in advance,
--leo
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