[Dovecot] IMAP ACLs and global ACLs in v1.2

[Robert Schetterer]

Bernhard Herzog schrieb:
> Hi all,
> 
> On 15.01.2009, Sascha Wilde wrote:
>>> But should it just internally convert "owner" to "username" when
>>> replying?
>> From our experience this would be a very good idea.  Many clients
>> recognize the username and handle those ACLs differently in there UI
>> (for example they don't offer them for editing).  But they don't
>> understand "owner".
> 
> To work around this, we created a patch that tries to avoid the owner ACL 
> entries.  It does not translate between "owner" and username in the imap-acl 
> plugin, but tries not to automatically create an ACL owner entries.  Having 
> implemented this patch now, I wonder whether the translation wouldn't have 
> been simpler and better.  Anyway, the main goal of the patch is to work 
> around the problems we've observed with some clients when they 
> encounter "owner" ACL entries so that we can get on with testing.
> 
> I don't think the patch is the right solution to the problem, but I've 
> included it anyway. Maybe it's useful for a discussion.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>    Bernhard
> 
> 
Hi,

i dont think you should mess around what clients think
where should this end , the technical right and most clear description
is owner, username can be very wide interpreted and may lead
to technical problems in reading imap-acl i.e from horde imp or other
mail clients later, as far i remember owner is use i.e in exchange too

what may help would be is additionial username info to owner
dont no if this can be coded.

Using shared folder , a client has to understand how to use
the system and read faqs, this is the same on all exist
shared folder using mail/imap systems

just my thoughts no flame
anyway thx for coding

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MfG Robert Schetterer

Germany/Munich/Bavaria