Best practise for deleting with Thunderbird

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 05.11.2014 um 18:50 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> 
> As I mentioned in another thread I set up these 2 namespaces for a
> couple of users:
> 
> namespace {
>   inbox = yes
>   location =
>   prefix =
>   separator = /
>   type = private
> }
> namespace {
>   location =
> maildir:/home/vmail/oeffentlich:INDEXPVT=/home/vmail/public/index/%d/%u/index
>   prefix = Oeffentlich/
>   separator = /
>   subscriptions = yes
>   type = public
> }
> 
> It is planned that they all will use Thunderbird (on MS Windows) to
> access their mailboxes.
> 
> Now when I create a folder in the public space and try to delete it via
> thunderbird I get something like:
> 
> "Renaming not supported across non-private namespaces"
> 
> As far as I found out by browsing the web this is related to Thunderbird
> trying to move (=rename) the mail from the public to the private
> namespace, correct?
> 
> Setting TB to immediately remove mails (tested that, this works) seems a
> bit scary to me: this removes a safety layer for the users because this
> would also apply to their personal maildirs.
> 
> Is there any more elegant way of solving this?
> 
> Do I have to set up some kind of ACLs?
> 
> Some kind of "public paperbin folder" ??
> 
> Pls help me to understand this better ;-)

Am I in the wrong place with my questions?