Basically we alias n...@domain.com to dove...@domain.com. doveadm@ has a sieve-Script which files into the public folder. You could also configure a postfix transport which does the job.
Its necessary to overlook the whole process chain to properly configure everything. And a lot of try out :) On 29 Nov 2016, at 6:34, Michael Fox wrote: > Thanks Tobias. Thanks for the detailed reply. > > > > I think I see what you’re doing. But I’m unclear on something (since I’m a > nube): > > > > Can anyone send mail to n...@domain.com <mailto:n...@domain.com> and have it > appear in the public mailbox? > > > > If not, would it be enough to create a userdb entry which defines a > pseudo-user NAME, including its home directory, such that imcoming mail > addressed to n...@domain.com <mailto:n...@domain.com> could be delivered > into that mailbox? > > > > Thanks, > > Michael > > > > > > > > From: Tobias Kirchhofer [mailto:tob...@kirchhofer.net] > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 7:19 AM > To: Michael Fox <n...@mefox.org> > Cc: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org> > Subject: Re: shared/public mailbox application > > > > Hi Michael, > > we migrated from Cyrus Shared Folders to Dovecot Public Folder. > > Our setup with Dovecot: > > * Public Namespace type=public > * prefix=NAMESPACE > * > location=maildir:/var/vmail/public/domain.com/folder:INDEXPVT=~/public/domain.com/NAME > * list=children to show NAMESPACE only if acl is given > * Restart Dovecot > * cd /var/vmail/public/domain.com/NAMESPACE > * mkdir .NAME > * We utilise one user <mailto:dove...@domain.com> dove...@domain.com to > control acl > * doveadm acl set -u <mailto:dove...@domain.com> dove...@domain.com > NAMESPACE/NAME user= <mailto:dove...@domain.com> dove...@domain.com all (this > creates also the Maildir) > * doveadm mailbox subscribe -u <mailto:dove...@domain.com> > dove...@domain.com NAMESPACE/NAME > * dm acl set -u <mailto:dove...@domain.com> dove...@domain.com > NAMESPACE/NAME user= <mailto:firstname.lastn...@domain.com> > firstname.lastn...@domain.com lookup read write write-seen write-deleted > insert post expunge > > User <mailto:firstname.lastn...@domain.com> firstname.lastn...@domain.com > can now subscribe to the public folder „NAMESPACE/NAME“. > > With this base you could create a more specific setup which more precisely > fits your need. > > There are also other strategies achieving Shared Folders the Cyrus way. :) > > Hope that helps. > > Tobias > > On 28 Nov 2016, at 15:38, Michael Fox wrote: > > No answer. Trying again. Surely someone with experience with public > mailboxes can offer some insight on whether the application below should be > a public or shared namespace ... > > Thanks > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: dovecot [mailto: <mailto:dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org> > dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Michael Fox > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2016 11:53 AM > To: Dovecot Mailing List <mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org> dovecot@dovecot.org > Subject: shared/public mailbox application > > I'm new to Dovecot and I need help configuring a shared or public mailbox - > I'm not sure which is appropriate. I've read the wiki and Peer's book and > neither appears to cover what I'd like to do. So I could use some specific > help on how to configure a solution for the following: > > I'd like to create two real mailboxes, let's call them AAA and BBB. Let's > call the domain "mydomain". By "real", I mean that users aaa@mydomain and > bbb@mydomain can log into their own mailbox. > > Anyone user can send mail to them, just like any other address: > aaa@mydomain or bbb@mydomain. > > I'd like all IMAP users in mydomain to be able to read the messages in those > mailboxes. > > I'd like all POP users in mydomain to also see those messages. (But I don't > think I need help with the virtual part). > > I'd like only a few designated IMAP users to be able to delete the messages > in those mailboxes, including dummy users AAA and BBB themselves. > > Ideally, I'd like them to appear in the client under a separate namespace > from shared mailboxes. Example: > > INBOX > > +--- the normal stuff. > > Shared > > +--- user1 > > +--- user2 > > Special > > +--- AAA > > +--- BBB > > My confusion: > > 1) I don't know if this requires a shared namespace or a public > namespace. It "feels" like it's "public", since all users would have > access. But Peer's book and the wiki describe manually creating folders for > public namespaces and controlling the contents with manual file > manipulation, which leads me to believe that they can't be used for regular > mail (although the book and the wiki never say one way or the other). I > don't want to manually control files. I want to send mail to the mailbox > and delete (see above) it with a client. > > 2) There are several examples in Peer's book and the wiki, but none > seem to match what I want. (This is the problem with documentation that is > predominantly example-based). I guess I need more explanation of the > mechanical differences between shared and public and why one would pick one > over the other. > > Can someone help? Please be as specific as you can. > > Thanks much, > > Michael > > -- > Tobias Kirchhofer > <mailto:tob...@kirchhofer.net> tob...@kirchhofer.net -- Tobias Kirchhofer tob...@kirchhofer.net
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