[Dovecot] saving to imap folders and namespace settings

[Timo Sirainen]

On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 16:29 -0200, Gustavo Sansone wrote:
> hello everyone, i'm new to this list
> im running dovecot as imap+pop (2.1.12) and roundcube (0.8.4) as 
> client.
> 
> having problems on saving to imap folders, with errors on some accounts
> 
> my folder structure is as follow:
> 
> /home/user/.maildir
> /home/user/.maildir/.Drafts
> /home/user/.maildir/.Junk
> /home/user/.maildir/.Sent
> /home/user/.maildir/.Trash
> /home/user/.maildir/.Archives
> /home/user/.maildir/.Archives.2010
> ...
> 
> i'm very confused with the namespace settings. i don't understand what 
> is the correct way to configure it.
> don't need public or shared folders.

Easiest to use the default namespace settings. There you wouldn't have
any namespace prefix.

> on dovecot.log i can see this error with my account (and all the 
> others), but it seems to work ok using roundcube:
> imap(gsansone): Error: autocreate: No namespace found for mailbox: Junk

In your current setup you have namespace prefix=INBOX. so the mailbox
name would be INBOX.Junk.

> with a few accounts, i have this on roundcube log:
> IMAP Error: Could not save message in Drafts in 
> /var/www/localhost/htdocs/mail/program/steps/mail/sendmail.inc
> with error on saving to imap folder in roundcube UI

Roundcube also isn't configured to have INBOX. prefix. Sounds like you
should just remove it.