How to use virtual "All" and "Flagged" mailbox?
Aki Tuomi
aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com
Tue Feb 1 05:54:07 UTC 2022
Why did you leave the prefix uncommented? Also you already have maildir++ folders virtual.all and virtual.flagged, they are not related to this, and you should remove them.
uncomment the prefix, and you'll see virtual.All and virtual.Flagged folders.
Aki
> On 31/01/2022 23:04 A B <alex.bryant at trancos.com> wrote:
>
>
> Thank you Aki.
>
> I have updated as you suggested:
>
> 10-mail.conf
> namespace virtual {
> location = virtual:/etc/dovecot/virtual:INDEX=~/.virtual:CONTROL=~/.virtual:VOLATILEDIR=~/.virtual/
> type = private
> #prefix = virtual.
> separator = .
> }
>
> I manually added the directory structure and files:
> [dovecot]# ll
> total 32
> drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 121 Jan 31 14:41 ./
> drwxr-xr-x. 115 root root 8192 Jan 31 11:05 ../
> drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 57 Jan 7 10:27 bak/
> drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jan 25 15:05 conf.d/
> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2658 Jan 25 16:52 dovecot.conf
> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4391 Oct 8 2019 dovecot.conf-backup
> -rw-r-----. 1 root dovecot 280 Jan 25 10:41 dovecot-sql.conf.ext
> drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 32 Jan 31 14:41 virtual/
> [dovecot]# ll virtual/
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 32 Jan 31 14:41 ./
> drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 121 Jan 31 14:41 ../
> drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 29 Jan 31 14:41 All/
> drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 29 Jan 31 14:41 Flagged/
> [dovecot]# ll virtual/All/
> total 4
> drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 29 Jan 31 14:41 ./
> drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 32 Jan 31 14:41 ../
> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 10 Jan 31 14:31 dovecot-virtual
> []# cat virtual/All/dovecot-virtual
> *
> all
>
> I restarted the dovecot service. When I request to see the emails in the virtual "All" folder (e.g. virtual.All), just like I would do with say the Inbox or Trash folder, the virtual* folder gets created in the user directory, but no emails are "found" or returned.
>
> [Maildir]# pwd
> /home/vmail/example.com/user.name/Maildir (http://example.com/user.name/Maildir)
> [Maildir]# ll
> total 80
> drwxrwx---. 20 vmail vmail 4096 Jan 31 14:31 ./
> drwxrwx---. 4 vmail vmail 37 Jan 31 14:19 ../
> drwxrwx---. 5 vmail vmail 135 Jan 25 11:26 .Archive/
> drwx------. 2 vmail vmail 4096 Jan 31 14:28 cur/
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 896 Jan 25 17:10 dovecot.index
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 22596 Jan 31 14:01 dovecot.index.cache
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 11160 Jan 31 14:28 dovecot.index.log
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 1896 Jan 28 17:15 dovecot.list.index
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 7752 Jan 31 14:36 dovecot.list.index.log
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 384 Jan 25 15:32 dovecot.mailbox.log
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 1887 Jan 25 11:35 dovecot-uidlist
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 8 Jan 31 14:31 dovecot-uidvalidity
> -r--r--r--. 1 vmail vmail 0 Jan 24 16:35 dovecot-uidvalidity.61ef29a3
> drwxrwx---. 5 vmail vmail 183 Jan 28 17:22 .Drafts/
> drwxrwx---. 5 vmail vmail 135 Jan 25 11:24 .Junk/
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 1130 Jan 28 17:37 maildirsize
> drwx------. 2 vmail vmail 6 Jan 25 11:34 new/
> drwxrwx---. 5 vmail vmail 135 Jan 31 04:29 .Sent/
> drwxrwx---. 5 vmail vmail 135 Jan 25 10:51 '.Sent Messages'/
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 43 Jan 25 10:50 subscriptions
> drwx------. 2 vmail vmail 6 Jan 25 11:35 tmp/
> drwxrwx---. 5 vmail vmail 135 Jan 25 13:23 .Trash/
> drwxrwx---. 5 vmail vmail 135 Jan 31 14:36 .virtual.All/
> drwxrwx---. 5 vmail vmail 135 Jan 31 14:28 .virtual.Flagged/
> [Maildir]ll .virtual.All/
> total 16
> drwxrwx---. 5 vmail vmail 135 Jan 31 14:36 ./
> drwxrwx---. 20 vmail vmail 4096 Jan 31 14:31 ../
> drwxrwx---. 2 vmail vmail 6 Jan 31 14:31 cur/
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 868 Jan 31 14:31 dovecot.index.cache
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 472 Jan 31 14:36 dovecot.index.log
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 51 Jan 31 14:36 dovecot-uidlist
> -rw-rw----. 1 vmail vmail 0 Jan 31 14:31 maildirfolder
> drwxrwx---. 2 vmail vmail 6 Jan 31 14:31 new/
> drwxrwx---. 2 vmail vmail 6 Jan 31 14:31 tmp/
>
> Any suggestions what I should work on next to troubleshoot? Again, my goal is to be able to "fetch" all emails with the virtual.All, and all "flagged" emails with virtual.Flagged.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> ---
> []# doveconf -n
> # 2.3.8 (9df20d2db): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 4.18.0-348.2.1.el8_5.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 8.5.2111 xfs
> # Hostname: example.com (http://example.com)
> auth_debug = yes
> auth_verbose = yes
> auth_verbose_passwords = yes
> first_valid_uid = 1000
> lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes
> log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
> mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir
> mail_plugins = " quota"
> mbox_write_locks = fcntl
> namespace inbox {
> inbox = yes
> location =
> mailbox Archive {
> auto = subscribe
> special_use = \Archive
> }
> mailbox Drafts {
> auto = subscribe
> special_use = \Drafts
> }
> mailbox Junk {
> auto = subscribe
> special_use = \Junk
> }
> mailbox Sent {
> auto = subscribe
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox "Sent Messages" {
> auto = subscribe
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox Trash {
> auto = subscribe
> special_use = \Trash
> }
> mailbox virtual.All {
> auto = subscribe
> comment = All my messages
> special_use = \All
> }
> mailbox virtual.Flagged {
> auto = subscribe
> comment = All my flagged messages
> special_use = \Flagged
> }
> prefix = INBOX.
> separator = .
> type = private
> }
> namespace virtual {
> location = virtual:/etc/dovecot/virtual:INDEX=~/.virtual:CONTROL=~/.virtual:VOLATILEDIR=~/.virtual/
> prefix =
> separator = .
> type = private
> }
> passdb {
> args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
> driver = sql
> }
> passdb {
> driver = pam
> }
> plugin {
> quota = maildir:User quota
> quota_grace = 10%%
> quota_max_mail_size = 30M
> quota_rule = *:storage=100M
> quota_rule2 = INBOX.Trash:storage=+10M
> quota_status_nouser = DUNNO
> quota_status_overquota = 552 5.2.2 Mailbox is full
> quota_status_success = DUNNO
> }
> protocols = imap pop3
> service auth-worker {
> user = root
> }
> service auth {
> unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
> group = postfix
> mode = 0666
> user = postfix
> }
> unix_listener auth-master {
> mode = 0600
> user = vmail
> }
> unix_listener auth-userdb {
> mode = 0600
> user = vmail
> }
> user = dovecot
> }
> service imap-login {
> inet_listener imaps {
> port = 993
> ssl = yes
> }
> }
> service pop3-login {
> inet_listener pop3s {
> port = 995
> ssl = yes
> }
> }
> service quota-status {
> client_limit = 1
> executable = quota-status -p postfix
> inet_listener {
> port = 12340
> }
> }
> service stats {
> unix_listener stats-reader {
> group = vmail
> mode = 0660
> user = vmail
> }
> unix_listener stats-writer {
> group = vmail
> mode = 0660
> user = vmail
> }
> }
> ssl = required
> ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem (http://example.com/fullchain.pem)
> ssl_cipher_list = PROFILE=SYSTEM
> ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
> userdb {
> args = uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes
> driver = static
> }
> userdb {
> driver = passwd
> }
> protocol lda {
> auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
> log_path = /home/vmail/dovecot-deliver.log
> postmaster_address = postmaster at example.com
> }
> protocol pop3 {
> pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
> }
> protocol imap {
> mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota virtual"
> }
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 12:30 AM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 26/01/2022 19:48 A B <alex.bryant at trancos.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to use the virtual "All" and "Flagged" mailboxes as described in 15-mailboxes.conf.
> > >
> > > The information here (https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/virtual_plugin/) doesn't really touch on how to actually interact with the virtual mailboxes.
> > >
> > > My presumption is that when I mark an email message in the Inbox as FLAGGED (and I can confirm the \Flagged flag has been set) then I should then be able to either (1) see a copy of that message in the virtual.Flagged folder, or (2) when I use an imap command to get the message nums or whatever from the virtual.Flagged folder/mailbox, it should return the message that is flagged in the inbox as a result.
> > >
> > > Additionally, I'm presuming that for each new user that automatically gets added, I would have to create my own script that would add the dovecot-virtual file, dovecot doesn't do that on its own.
> > >
> > > When I view the user's directory I see these folders were created:
> > > ---
> >
> > <snip/>
> >
> > You usually use these global virtual folders like this:
> >
> > namespace virtual {
> > location = virtual:/etc/dovecot/virtual:INDEX=~/.virtual:CONTROL=~/.virtual:VOLATILEDIR=~/.virtual/
> > ... rest of the settings
> > }
> >
> >
> > Then you create the dovecot-virtual files under /etc/dovecot/virtual like
> >
> > /etc/dovecot/virtual/Flagged/dovecot-virtual
> >
> > This lets you creat them automatically for all users.
> >
> > Aki
> >
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