BUG: cannot move messages to root mailfolder in namespace "There can be only one namespace with inbox=yes"

[Martin Johannes Dauser]

Hi,
this setting might work. The default namespace "inbox" is managing
INBOX and defines Special-Use folders on the same hierarchic level as
INBOX. There is an extra namespace "4archives" which defines Archive as
a mailbox on the same level as INBOX but stored on a different
location. Set mailbox attribute auto to your liking.

namespace inbox {	type = private	disabled = no	hid
den = no	list = yes	ignore_on_failure = no	inbox =
yes	location =	prefix =	subscriptions = yes	
separator = /
	mailbox Drafts {
		special_use = \Drafts
		auto = subscribe
	}
	mailbox Junk {
		special_use = \Junk
		auto = subscribe
	}
	mailbox Spam {
		special_use = \Junk
		auto = no
	}
	mailbox spam {
		special_use = \Junk
		auto = no
	}
	mailbox Deleted {
		special_use = \Trash
		auto = subscribe
	}
	mailbox Trash {
		special_use = \Trash
		auto = no
	}
	mailbox Wastebasket {
		special_use = \Trash
		auto = no
	}
  	mailbox Sent {
		special_use = \Sent
		auto = subscribe
	}
	mailbox "Sent Messages" {
		special_use = \Sent
		auto = no
	}
	mailbox "Sent Mail" {
		special_use = \Sent
		auto = no
	}
	mailbox "Tasks" {
		# This mailbox has no official RFC 6154 or RFC 8457
Special-Use entry
		auto = subscribe
	}}
namespace 4archives {
	type = private
	disabled = no
	hidden = no
	list = yes
	ignore_on_failure = no
	inbox = no
	location = mbox:/home/mail-
archive/%u/Archive/:CONTROL=/home/mail-
archive/%u/Archive/control:INDEX=/home/mail-
archive/%u/Archive/index:LAYOUT=maildir++
	prefix = 
	subscriptions = yes
	separator = /
	mailbox Archive {
		auto = create
		autoexpunge = 0
		autoexpunge_max_mails = 0
		comment =
		driver =
		special_use = \Archive
	}
	mailbox Archives {
		auto = no
		autoexpunge = 0
		autoexpunge_max_mails = 0
		comment =
		driver =
		special_use = \Archive
	}
	mailbox "Archived  Messages" {
		auto = no
		autoexpunge = 0
		autoexpunge_max_mails = 0
		comment =
		driver =
		special_use = \Archive
	}
	mailbox "Archived  mail" {
		auto = no
		autoexpunge = 0
		autoexpunge_max_mails = 0
		comment =
		driver =
		special_use = \Archive
	}
}



On Fri, 2019-01-04 at 12:06 +0100, Marc Roos wrote:
>  
> 
> Where is a manual describing how to do this? Archive tree on
> different 
> storage?
> 
> ├── Archive/Archives/Archived Messages/Archived mail <- need to
> store 
> messages in root folder also
> │   ├── 2017
> │   │   ├── projects
> │   │   │   ├── project
> │   │   │   ├── project1
> │   │   │   ├── project2
> │   │   │   ├── project3
> │   │   │   ├── project4
> │   │   │   └── project5
> │   │   └── Sent Messages
> │   ├── 2018
> │   │   ├── project1
> │   │   ├── project2
> │   │   ├── project3
> │   │   ├── project4
> │   │   ├── project5
> │   │   └── Sent
> │   └── 2019
> │       ├── projectA
> │       └── projectB
> ├── Deleted
> ├── Inbox
> ├── Junk
> ├── Sent
> └── Tasks
> 
> 
>  >
>  >> 
>  >> I get this error message from apple mail when I right click and 
> choose 
>  >> archive
>  >> "The IMAP command "UID COPY" (to Archive) failed for the mailbox 
> "INBOX" 
>  >> with server error: Mailbox isn't selectable"
>  >> 
>  >
>  >Did you notice that you have a mailbox called 'Archive' and
> namespace 
> called
>  >'Archive'? Namespace roots are not selectable, and this looks more 
> like a 
>  >config error.
>  >
>  >
> 
> That is been done on the advice I got here. 
> Since November I am trying to get resolved, that I need my Archive
> and 
> subfolders on different storage location as the default. Furthermore 
> Archive folder is being used by apple mail, Archives folder eg. by 
> Thunderbird. So it would be nice to 'group' this, so Thunderbird is
> not 
> accidentally storing this on the default storage.
> 
> If the aliases plugin was working properly, I could have done this
> maybe 
> 
> via aliases
> https://www.mail-archive.com/dovecot@dovecot.org/msg75587.html
> 
> 
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