[Dovecot] shared/public mailbox doesn't exist

[Timo Sirainen]

On Sep 22, 2009, at 4:49 AM, Eric Shubert wrote:

>> namespace shared {
>>   separator = .
>>   prefix = shared.
>>   location = maildir:/home/vpopmail/domains/mydomain.com/shared
>> }
>
> So I created a few subfolders.
> # cd /home/vpopmail/domains/mydomain.com/shared
> # maildirmake .sub1
> # maildirmake .sub2
> # chown vpopmail:vchkpw sub*
>
> Voila, sort of. The main folder named 'shared' cannot be subscribed  
> to, however sub1 and sub2 can be subscribed to successfully.

That's because "shared" is a namespace prefix and not a folder. There  
shouldn't be any reason to subscribe to it. But, anyway, Dovecot v1.2  
allows you to subscribe to it anyway.