[Dovecot] namespaces, shared mailboxes

[Nikolay Shopik]

On 02.12.2007 1:59, Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth wrote:
> 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
>   

Because AFAIK you can't create messages in prefix folder. Make your 
prefix less longer like
prefix = Shared/