On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Tim Pushor wrote: > Jessica, > > I suspect that you must configure squirrelmail to use INBOX as the > 'root' of your folder creation. I suspect its trying to make folders > called .foldername when it should be INBOX.foldername
I suspected as much myself. > > This could be why the ones you have made programatically do not show up > either. > True, but how come the 'root' 'folder'/'mailbox' does? > FYI the subscriptions are in > $config_dir/user/first_letter_of_mailbox_name/mailboxname.sub Config_dir for what, for Cyrus? Or for SquirrelMail? Is there a more elegant fix to this? And why can't my users create new 'folders'/whatever? And, as noted before, I do NOT want to make, say, an Inbox with a 10MB quota, a Sent with a 10MB quota, a Trash with a 10MB quota... I want a 10MB quota overall. How can I do this? How can I create "sub-"mailboxes using Cyrus? :( > > > > JLB wrote: > > >Thank you for the info, Ken. Perhaps I should be more verbose: > > > >I do not know HOW to set up a "sub-folder". And when I try (using > >SquirrelMail) to set up a new "folder" (as SquirrelMail calls them), I > >get: > > > > > > > >>ERROR : Could not complete request. > >>Reason Given: Invalid mailbox name > >> > >> > > > > > >You can try it yourself. > >URL: http://www.starchefs.com/sm/src/loginframeset.php > >User: foo3 > >Pass: flippity > > > >Curiously, I ALSO cannot create new folders under the 'old' account, whose > >'subfolders' (Drafts, Sent, Sent Items (yes, redundant), and Trash) work > >fine... > > > >URL: http://www.starchefs.com/sm/src/loginframeset.php (same as above) > >User: jessietest > >Pass: foobarbaz > > > >Heeeeelp! :( > > > > > > > >On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Ken Murchison wrote: > > > > > > > >>JLB wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Tim Pushor wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>What mail client are you using? Is the user perhaps not subscribed to > >>>>those folders? Try checking their subscriptions. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>...how do I do that? And as for what mail client: SquirrelMail. :) > >>> > >>> > >>This would have to be set via some interface to c-client (e.g. PHP). > >> > >> > >> > >>>>To be perfect honest (even though it is rather embarrasing) I don't > >>>>really understand subscriptions, even though I've been using Cyrus for > >>>>years ;-) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>I know perhaps one tenth as much about subscriptions as you do. ;) > >>> > >>> > >>Its a way for a client to select a subset of mailboxes that it finds > >>"interesting" and/or wants to display, in the same fashion that you > >>"subscribe" to newgroups. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>>I just had a little stint with Groupwise 5.5 via IMAP (using Mozilla > >>>>thunderbird) where the users were not subscribed to the folders, and > >>>>none showed up - In the advanced account settings unchecking 'show only > >>>>subscribed folders' made them show up. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Incidentally, I am also confused about quotas. I want to set a TOTAL quota > >>>for the ENTIRE USER, NOT a quota on each individual mailbox. I wish to > >>>basically say: OK, user X can have up to 10MB of storage in their Inbox, > >>>Sent, Drafts AND Trash all at once. NOT 10MB in Inbox, 10MB in Sent, 10MB > >>>in Drafts.... > >>> > >>>Is there such a thing as a "sub-folder" or "sub-mailbox"? > >>> > >>> > >>Just set a quota on the user's INBOX (user.X) and it will do what you want. > >> > >>-- > >>Kenneth Murchison Oceana Matrix Ltd. > >>Software Engineer 21 Princeton Place > >>716-662-8973 x26 Orchard Park, NY 14127 > >>--PGP Public Key-- http://www.oceana.com/~ken/ksm.pgp > >> > >> > >> > > > >-- > >Jessica L. Blank, Systems Administrator, twu.net > > > > > -- Jessica L. Blank, Systems Administrator, twu.net