Understanding virtual mailboxes (examples in 15-mailboxes.conf)

[MRob]

On 2019-05-01 22:14, Daniel Miller via dovecot wrote:
> On 4/30/2019 11:13 PM, MRob via dovecot wrote:
>> The examples in 15-mailboxes.conf
>> 
>> # If you have a virtual "All messages" mailbox:
>>    #mailbox virtual/All {
>>    #  special_use = \All
>>    #  comment = All my messages
>>    #}
>> 
>>    # If you have a virtual "Flagged" mailbox:
>>    #mailbox virtual/Flagged {
>>    #  special_use = \Flagged
>>    #  comment = All my flagged messages
>> #}
>> 
>> They seem to reference some kind of virtual mailbox setup that doesn't 
>> compare to the docs for the "virtual" plugin. That plugin says we 
>> should create a separate namespace instead, like "namespace virtual" 
>> and put files representing the virtual folders into user maildirs. 
>> What if we use mdbox? add the files to user/mailboxes director I will 
>> guess.
>> 
>> Is there a way to use the mailbox examples in the inbox namespace in 
>> the default config? Does it use some other method different from the 
>> virtual plugin? maybe more config hints for those examples would be 
>> helpful.
>> 
>> Thank you.
> 
> 
> You will indeed need to setup a virtual namespace. The virtual
> mailboxes will exist in a folder alongside but separate from your
> primary mailstore. If your default namespace is:

Thank you, but question is about the example mailbox settings in 
15-mailboxes.conf
I found I can put those mailbox definitions in the new virtual 
namespace, still not sure if they would work if I kept them in the inbox 
namespace, maybe the documentation in the example file can include 
clarification