[Dovecot] Easy way to make all mailboxes of a user read-only

[Stephan von Krawczynski]

On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:08:31 +0200
Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> Am 11.04.2013 15:05, schrieb Stephan von Krawczynski:
> > Let me explain some more details, that seem important to understand:
> > 
> > I cannot use acl files per folder/mailbox because the MTA creates folders
> > dynamically (re-orders mails in folders)
> 
> why does the MTA that?
> 
> normally the MTA should only decide reject or accept a message
> and deliver it via LMTP to the LDA which can then filter via
> Sieve or whatever and from this moment on any dynamically
> created folder would be created in the dovecot world

I cannot further explain the background, you have to believe that there is a
good reason for this implementation. It is no standard mail service. 

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Regards,
Stephan