Hi > In Thunderbird you can use the folder-account addon to get the identity set > per folder, so that the sender matches the info@ account when sending mail. > Together with this addon this might be a solution. Thank you for the hint! I will give it a try.
On Tue Apr 2 14:56:52 2024, Kees van Vloten wrote: > > On 02-04-2024 14:34, Maksim Rodin wrote: > > Hi > > I am not critical but just want to share some thoughts regarding this > > way of handling shared mailboxes: > > > In general how i do it is just make an info@ account and login as an imap > > > user > > > > > > this allows multiple info@ users especially in thunderbird to be connected > > > as a seconday account accross any device. > > > > > > aka just treat any shared mailboxes as actual mail accounts, way simplier > > > and easier to manage? > > > > > This is the way we do it right now. It does not seem to be safe or easy > > to manage. > > 1) There must be at least one person which is supposed to give the > > password of the shared mailbox to all new users of this mailbox. > > And I think the mail administrator is not supposed to be that person > > in terms of security. > > 2) What if you have to change the password of this shared mailbox? > > What are the many users of this mailbox supposed to do if that happens? > > 3) What happens if a user of this mailbox (who knows the password) > > leaves the company? > > 4) The more people know the password of the shared mailbox the higher is > > the possibility that this password might fall into the wrong hands. > > > > > any user can then move/delete etc an email that they will be looking after > > > thus updating the info@ at the same time. > > > > > > its very common today to have info@ and accounting@ with multiple users > > > attached to these as different people will be responsible for different > > > emails > > > > > > thunderbird allows drag and drop accross email accounts (only one email > > > at a > > > time), this allows easy management. > > I fully agree with that. > > > > The main problem I am trying to solve is the password management. > > To be more precise I do not want to be responsible for managing passwords > > of these shared mailboxes due to the reasons mentioned above. > > This problem is solved for you when you project the shared mailbox as a > shared folder in the the user's account. > > The user uses his/her password, kerberos ticket, or what method you have, to > login and sees all mailboxes it is entitled to. If (s)he get more or less > entitlements you simply change permissions on the shared folders. > > In Thunderbird you can use the folder-account addon to get the identity set > per folder, so that the sender matches the info@ account when sending mail. > > - Kees. > > > > > On Tue Apr 2 07:43:49 2024, Paul Kudla (SCOM.CA Internet Services Inc.) > > wrote: > > > In general how i do it is just make an info@ account and login as an imap > > > user > > > > > > this allows multiple info@ users especially in thunderbird to be connected > > > as a seconday account accross any device. > > > > > > aka just treat any shared mailboxes as actual mail accounts, way simplier > > > and easier to manage? > > > > > > any user can then move/delete etc an email that they will be looking after > > > thus updating the info@ at the same time. > > > > > > its very common today to have info@ and accounting@ with multiple users > > > attached to these as different people will be responsible for different > > > emails > > > > > > thunderbird allows drag and drop accross email accounts (only one email > > > at a > > > time), this allows easy management. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks - Paul Kudla (Manager SCOM.CA Internet Services Inc.) > > > > > > Have A Happy Tuesday !!! > > > > > > Scom.ca Internet Services <http://www.scom.ca> > > > 004-1009 Byron Street South > > > Whitby, Ontario - Canada > > > L1N 4S3 > > > > > > Toronto 416.642.7266 > > > Main 1.866.411.7266 > > > Fax 1.888.892.7266 > > > Email p...@scom.ca > > > > > > On 2024-04-02 7:25 a.m., Maksim Rodin wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > I wonder if there is a right way to make a shared mailbox? > > > > I do not mean "shared folder" but a whole mailbox. > > > > E.g. I have a mailbox i...@company.com and I have a user mailbox > > > > us...@company.com. > > > > I would like that a user which can already authenticate as > > > > us...@company.com > > > > can setup another account in his Thunderbird as, say, > > > > us...@company.com\i...@company.com > > > > or something like user1*info, enters his own password and can use the > > > > mailbox > > > > i...@company.com as his second mailbox. > > > > It might be something similar to master user feature but I do not want > > > > the us...@company.com to have access to all the mailboxes on the > > > > dovecot imap server. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org > > > To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org > _______________________________________________ > dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org > To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org -- Best regards Maksim Rodin С уважением, Родин Максим _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
