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

[Marc Roos]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for the reply. I got the error below, but when I changed the 
prefix in 4archives to Archive/ I am getting indeed something that is 
looking ok, I still have to test with a few clients. Why did you call 
the namespace 4archives? Because it would load before inbox? Or does 
this not matter at all.

Error: namespace configuration error: Duplicate namespace prefix: "" 



-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Johannes Dauser [mailto:mdauser at cs.sbg.ac.at] 
Sent: 09 January 2019 12:02
To: dovecot at dovecot.org
Subject: Re: BUG: cannot move messages to root mailfolder in namespace 
"There can be only one namespace with inbox=yes"

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
hidden = 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/Archiv
e/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