Hello, list!
I am in the midst of configuring a new Dovecot IMAP server, and I'm
preparing to setup shard mailboxes as part of the ocnfiguration. In
order to get these setup the way I want, I've figured out that I'm going
to have to setup an acl_shared_dict. This is where things start to get
confusing for me, as I have had difficulty finding thorough explanations
of dictionary configuration.
My primary concern is that all my user details are stored in a sqlite
database in which the '%n' and '%d' components of username/email
addresses are stored in separate columns. The SQL dictionary example in
the Shared Mailboxes document
[http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Shared] assumes that the
username is stored as a singular '%n@%d' key. In my authdb lookups, I
use sqlite syntax to concatenate the '%n' and '%d' columns around a '@'
character to find the user. Is it possible to implement an
acl_shared_dict in some similar fashion?
My second question, which is completely unrelated and more out of morbid
curiosity than anything (although it could affect my configuration
decisions) is that I noticed every dictionary which shows up in the
documentation has a "pattern" field. In the case of the acl_shared_dict
example, the pattern is 'shared/shared-boxes/user/$to/$from'. I couldn't
figure out by studying the example where this value was derived from, or
indeed where it is derived from in any example dictionaries which are
documented. Can anyone explain the meaning of the "pattern" field and
what exactly its value means?
Thanks in advance for all your helpful answers! :)
