> > > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Etienne Goyer wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On the system I work, it is being considered to backup mailbox instead >> of destroying them when a user is deleted from the system. The idea is >> that instead of deleting the mailbox, it would be moved somewhere else, >> possible to be restored. I know I could just dump the mailbox somewhere >> and delete it within Cyrus, but I would prefer to do this within IMAP. >> >> When logged on as an admin, here is what I get when trying to RENAME a >> top-level mailbox to a special backup mailbox : >> >> * OK mail Cyrus IMAP4 v2.1.13 server ready >> . login admin ***** >> . OK User logged in >> . rename user.gwb user.backup.gwb >> . NO Operation is not supported on mailbox >> >> >> admin have ACL lrswipcda on both user.gwb and user.backup. If this is >> of any importance, this is being done in a Murder. >> >> What does the "Operation is not supported on mailbox" mean ? Is there >> any other way to achieve the same result ? >> >> Thanks for your insight ! > > Cyrus 2.1.x does not support renaming user.xxx mailboxes. I don't know if > Cyrus 2.2.x does or not. > > I've written a pair of perl scripts that we use here when someone asks to > have their username changed. One script copies a mailbox to a new > mailbox. The other script deletes a mailbox. I'm willing to share these > scripts if there is interest.
I'd be interested to put them into contrib in my rpms, if the license permits it. Simon > > Andy > >