Hi Steve, I don't know if dovecot can use different 'subscriptions' but you can create different accounts and then link (ln -s) the relevant folders in each respective maildir.
Cheers, B On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 01:40:57PM +0100, Steve wrote: > I have a working Dovecot IMAP server (v. 2.2.9) where I have a single > user but a lot of folders (over 800 in total, hierarchically > arranged, about 50 of which are in active use.) > > I have multiple clients (including k9Mail on Android and Thunderbird > on Linux and Windows). These clients all present a consistent > subscription to a single subset of the available folders . > > What I'd like to be able to do is (somehow) allow different devices > (different email clients) to subscribe to a different subset of > folders. For example, I may want K9mail on my phone to be subscribed > only to my "main Inbox" - but for Thunderbird on Windows to also be > subscribed to active mailing-list folders. > > Does Dovecot support such a mode of operation? If so, how do I > configure it? If not, what options are there to achieve the desired > end result - i.e. different devices/IMAP clients subscribed to > different subsets of the universe of folders available to a single > user. > > Mandatory details: > Version : 2.2.9 > Configuration: See http://paste.ubuntu.com/11564807/