Users with extra mailbox: namespace/mailbox in userdb lookup?

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Fri, 27 Jan 2017, MRob wrote:

> We have a need for some users to have an additional folder created and 
> subscribed for them.
>
> Is is possible to return an override for the default "namespace inbox" 
> containing the needed mailbox definitions in the userdb lookup for such 
> users? If so, how would the userdb lookup result be formatted? Presumably as

Yes, see here:

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/ExtraFields

Each setting ist one "Extra Field"

> just one long string, but how would the setting be named given there can't be 
> a space in it? Can I replace the space with an underscore, e.g.
>
> userdb_namespace_inbox = '{ mailbox Drafts { auto=subscribe special_use = 
> \Drafts } mailbox Trash { auto=subscribe special_use = \Trash } }'

sort of:

userdb_namespace/inbox/mailbox/Drafts/auto=subscribe

see also:

http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2016-February/103140.html

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Steffen Kaiser
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