Hi Timo,
thank you very much for your quick reply. I tried that but it is not possible
to SELECT such a mailbox.
I have in dovecot.conf:
---
mail_location=maildir:/data/messages%h
namespace private {
separator = /
prefix =
location = maildir:/data/messages%h
inbox = yes
list = yes
}
namespace public {
separator = /
prefix = greetings/
location = maildir:/data/greetings%h
inbox = no
list = yes
hidden = yes
}
---
Messages are coming in from EXIM separated by a special HEADER into this two
folders.
For INBOX this works fine but not for greetings, although the maildir files are
being created upon delivery.
Sample IMAP Session AFTER delivering a greeting-type message:
---
01 OK Logged in.
>> 02 list "" "*"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX"
* LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "greetings"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "greetings/INBOX"
02 OK List completed.
>> 03 select "greetings/INBOX"
03 NO Mailbox doesn't exist: INBOX
>> 04 select greetings
04 NO Mailbox doesn't exist: greetings
---
What is this "\Noselect" mailbox showing up and why is it saying
"greetings/INBOX" in the third row when in fact there isn't a mailbox with this
name?
I am very sorry for having to bother you again, but I don't know what we are
doing wrong here.
(Dovecot version is 1.1.16)
Guido Weiler
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Timo Sirainen [mailto:t...@iki.fi]
Gesendet: Montag, 11. Juni 2012 22:48
An: Guido Weiler
Betreff: Re: Dovecot Maildir - How to Seperate mail folders
You should be able to do this with namespaces.
namespace {
prefix = INBOX/VeryImportantMessages/
location = maildir:/very/important/messages
hidden = yes
}
On 8.6.2012, at 18.09, Guido Weiler wrote:
> Hello Timo,
>
> for one of our latest dovecot/IMAP-projects, we need to separate physical
> locations of some special IMAP folders.
> So to make, for example the "INBOX/VeryImportantMessages"-Folder is on a
> completely different volume or mount point than the mails in INBOX or other
> user generated imap subfolders.
>
> Can you tell me if there is any possible way to implement this / change it in
> dovecots maildir implementation, or maybe it is already planned to do so in
> further versions of dovecot?
>
> We have to treat all messages in that one special folder with an extended
> backup scenario, and I think it would be the best if we can implement to have
> an additional mail_location parameter in dovecot.conf (e.g.
> important_mail_location).
>
> We are somewhat familiar with the dovecot source code since we already
> implemented plugins and other modifications to dovecot 1.1.16 but any advise
> or information is very appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> Guido Weiler
