[Dovecot] A common, read-only IMAP INBOX for all accounts

[Steffen Kaiser]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Fri, 14 Jun 2013, Gus wrote:

> 2. For testing purposes, I used a perl script (using the Maildir::Lite
> module) to create a test
> message in this mailbox (it gets stored in the new/ subdirectory, as I
> suppose it should). Now
> this message shows up as "unread" for all accounts, however when I read it
> in an IMAP client
> and then refresh the mailbox, it shows up as unread again. Per-user INDEX
> directory is writable
> and I see some files created there by dovecot, so shouldn't they contain
> the \Seen flags that
> indicate the message has been read? Is this maybe a client problem and how
> can I check that
> dovecot actually saves the flag correctly?

see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Public

"
Maildir: Per-user \Seen flag

With Maildir a dovecot-shared file controls if the \Seen flags are shared 
or private. 
"

The SEEN status is "encoded" in the filesystem in Maildir not Dovecot 
index file per default.

- -- 
Steffen Kaiser
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux)

iQEVAwUBUcFrDV3r2wJMiz2NAQJD0Qf/YMMSDv09PNFV28TmjCmyoQLtuGBJfpq0
Ew3XyMcVIXleehnQiLPYO1CVJco73b5z40/Vt4yZAt6iHsszE/fw/KtlBsTtQpMF
SzNfBMG4BZSAk4xBPhCwDQjIpzuZRMQviZcjpVZ1aFQW8D3PY2m+kzTZvdQ1X4ge
KIOE6QUEUVXfwU4vcIpz+Qv7vUY5ZxIHQl2TlqwK3UFL2H+a5o96D8q1b7p8dr7P
pVkcZiwdY83dvLBc3ZvFbuMvSRXrwNW1Bk6iEE9SE51+5kRS5UjxubuBmkVbZrls
RHoYM42exrnwonHn0eLT9q0Pzg4DTwS03EKLxTDfA95isLrrhY1b2g==
=jxUo
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----