[Dovecot] shared/public mailbox doesn't exist

Eric Shubert ejs at shubes.net
Tue Sep 22 17:55:17 EEST 2009


Timo Sirainen wrote:
> 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.
> 

Thanks Timo.

Looks like it'll be time for me to upgrade soon so I can have fully 
supported shared mailboxes. Is v1.2.5 considered stable/production grade?

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'



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