autocreate ONLY for new Users

[plataleas]

The welcome plugin is only available for Dovecot Versions 2.2.25+.

root at dcot02:~# dovecot --version
2.2.24 (a82c823)
root at dcot02:~# grep Error /var/log/syslog
Mar 15 15:13:47 dcot02 dovecot: imap: Error: Plugin 'welcome' not found
from directory /usr/lib/dovecot/modules
Mar 15 15:13:47 dcot02 dovecot: imap: Error: Internal error occurred.
Refer to server log for more information.

Thanks


On 03/15/2017 12:35 PM, Aki Tuomi wrote:
> welcome plugin is already present in 2.2.24, so in that sense, no need
> to upgrade. Other than that, it should be rather straightforward upgrade.
>
> Aki
>
> On 15.03.2017 13:07, plataleas wrote:
>> Thanks Aki!!
>>
>> The welcome plugin sounds like the best workaround. To implement this we
>> would need to upgrade our Dovecot installation:
>>
>> dovecot-core:
>>   Installed: 1:2.2.24-1~bpo8+1
>>   Candidate: 1:2.2.27-2~bpo8+1
>>
>> Are there special recommendations for the upgrade process (in addition
>> to the Dovecot NEWS file)? Any special steps we should be aware of
>> during the upgrade?
>>
>> Is it that simple "apt-get upgrade dovecot-core"?
>>
>> your experiences are highly appreciated! This is our first Dovecot
>> upgrade :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> On 03/15/2017 11:43 AM, Aki Tuomi wrote:
>>> You could also use welcome plugin to execute a custom script on first login.
>>>
>>> Aki
>>>
>>> On 15.03.2017 09:28, plataleas wrote:
>>>> thanks for the feedback!
>>>>
>>>> Userdb would be an option, however we would need to extend our LDAP
>>>> Schema with an additional "autocreate flag". Modifying the LDAP import
>>>> scripts, this is quite a task. Another option we were thinking of is
>>>> creating the special folders by a script right after user creation.
>>>>
>>>> By far the best and easiest solution would be a flag to auto-create the
>>>> special folders ONLY on first login.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any chance to get this feature?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 03/15/2017 07:38 AM, Steffen Kaiser wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 14 Mar 2017, plataleas wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We are currently migrating accounts to Dovecot. The existing accounts do
>>>>>> have special folders with different names. (i.e. sent, sent-mail)
>>>>>> The autocreate-function of "special folders" is useful. However we need
>>>>>> this feature ONLY for new users. The existing accounts have a mapping
>>>>>> for their own "special folders".
>>>>>> Did someone manage to implement this ? Are there workarounds?
>>>>> Workaround might be the thread "Auto create & subscribe folder from
>>>>> Userdb".
>>>>>
>>>>> Configure Dovecot to autocreate / autosubscribe and configure the
>>>>> userdb of existing users to override auto with no .
>>>>>
>>>>> You should test however, if some mail clients get confused with the
>>>>> new special use folders. When I switched them on several years ago, I
>>>>> had no complains about this. So, I guess, this "advice" (special use
>>>>> tag) is taken into account during account creation only.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure if you can override "special_use = \Sent", too.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Steffen Kaiser