How to use virtual "All" and "Flagged" mailbox?
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alex.bryant at trancos.com
Tue Feb 1 20:41:15 UTC 2022
Thank you Aki! :) :)
Uncommenting the prefix, and removing the maildir++ virtual.all &
virtual.flagged got it working as expected. I don't think I would have
realized that the maildir++ virtual.* is for a different use.
Really appreciate your time and explanation.
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 11:54 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com>
wrote:
> 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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