Re: Does Dovecot allow different clients to subscribe different subsets of IMAP folders?
Hi Steve,
for some reason I didn't get you message though the mailing list (my ml
settings?), but only directly. For the sake of completeness I'm replying
here - I hope that's OK.
Shared mailboxes are really easy to implement. Just enable the namespace
(type = shared) in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Namespaces
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Shared
You may want to share index files, so you'll have the same [un]read
flags on all devices. Simply do _not_ configure INDEXPVT, or configure
it to a common directory.
If you wish to share keywords so you'll have the same
important/red/star flags on all accounts, do _not_ configure
pre-user CONTROL, or configure it to a common directory.
I think this should work:
namespace {
type = shared
separator = /
prefix = shared/%%u/
location = maildir:%%h/Maildir
subscriptions = no
list = children
}
You'll have to configure ACLs too.
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/ACL
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-acl.conf
plugin {
acl_shared_dict = file:/var/lib/dovecot/shared-mailboxes
}
plugin {
# Without global ACLs:
acl = vfile
}
10-mail.conf: mail_plugins = $mail_plugins acl quota
20-imap.conf: mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_acl imap_quota
Then you can get/set ACLs with:
doveadm acl get -u mob...@mail.com shared/m...@mail.com --- INBOX
doveadm acl set -A shared/m...@mail.com mob...@mail.com lookup read ...
doveadm acl get -u mob...@mail.com shared/m...@mail.com
doveadm acl set -A shared/m...@mail.com mob...@mail.com/Spam lookup read ...
You'll have to find a way to do this for all your mailboxes in some
shell script or with python or whatever.
Good luck
Daniel
Am 04.06.2015 um 16:43 schrieb Steve:
Hi Daniel,
Hmm - I'm happy to use different 'user names' to log into Dovecot... as
long as each of these logins can still subscribe to the same universe of
folders I have available at present. I can envision using steve_mobile
and steve_desktop as logins, as long as these still provide access to
the same mailboxes as I have in steve's Maildir folder.
I'm guessing that this would mean I can't/shouldn't use PAM for Dovecot
authentication? I don't really want to create 'dummy' (shell-account)
users on my server... but, I guess, it would be OK if I were to use
some other authentication mechanism, and pointed all these Dovecot-only
logins to the same Maildir folder.
By any chance, is there a 'howto' detailing a suitable sample
configuration for such a setup?
BTW - I would definitely want to be able to change subscriptions from
any device... I just want independent subscriptions for my
tablet/phone/desktop/VM clients - as I use email in different ways from
these different environments.
On 04/06/2015 15:24, Daniel Tröder wrote:
Hi Steve,
I don't think the IMAP protocol has the concept of a user agent. So
there is no way for an IMAP server to distinguish between client
programs.
You could use POP and poll different mailboxes - but your clients
probably don't support that. So you'll have to use different users.
But that give you a cool solution: Use shared mailboxes.
You could share all mailboxes of you main user to all the device-users
and then use the clients to subscribe only to those mailboxes that are
of interest.
That way you can change what a client sees using the client program,
without logging into the server as root. Especially nice, when you are
traveling and decide you need to read a mailbox with your mobile you
hadn't though about before.
Greetings
Daniel
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Re: Does Dovecot allow different clients to subscribe different subsets of IMAP folders?
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/
Re: Does Dovecot allow different clients to subscribe different subsets of IMAP folders?
Hi Steve, I don't think the IMAP protocol has the concept of a user agent. So there is no way for an IMAP server to distinguish between client programs. You could use POP and poll different mailboxes - but your clients probably don't support that. So you'll have to use different users. But that give you a cool solution: Use shared mailboxes. You could share all mailboxes of you main user to all the device-users and then use the clients to subscribe only to those mailboxes that are of interest. That way you can change what a client sees using the client program, without logging into the server as root. Especially nice, when you are traveling and decide you need to read a mailbox with your mobile you hadn't though about before. Greetings Daniel Am 04.06.2015 um 14:40 schrieb Steve: 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/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Does Dovecot allow different clients to subscribe different subsets of IMAP folders?
Hi Daniel, Hmm - I'm happy to use different 'user names' to log into Dovecot... as long as each of these logins can still subscribe to the same universe of folders I have available at present. I can envision using steve_mobile and steve_desktop as logins, as long as these still provide access to the same mailboxes as I have in steve's Maildir folder. I'm guessing that this would mean I can't/shouldn't use PAM for Dovecot authentication? I don't really want to create 'dummy' (shell-account) users on my server... but, I guess, it would be OK if I were to use some other authentication mechanism, and pointed all these Dovecot-only logins to the same Maildir folder. By any chance, is there a 'howto' detailing a suitable sample configuration for such a setup? BTW - I would definitely want to be able to change subscriptions from any device... I just want independent subscriptions for my tablet/phone/desktop/VM clients - as I use email in different ways from these different environments. On 04/06/2015 15:24, Daniel Tröder wrote: Hi Steve, I don't think the IMAP protocol has the concept of a user agent. So there is no way for an IMAP server to distinguish between client programs. You could use POP and poll different mailboxes - but your clients probably don't support that. So you'll have to use different users. But that give you a cool solution: Use shared mailboxes. You could share all mailboxes of you main user to all the device-users and then use the clients to subscribe only to those mailboxes that are of interest. That way you can change what a client sees using the client program, without logging into the server as root. Especially nice, when you are traveling and decide you need to read a mailbox with your mobile you hadn't though about before. Greetings Daniel
Re: Testing SHA512-CRYPT password hashes with doveadm pw -t fails
doveadm pw -t
'{SHA512-CRYPT}$6$8FfoioQWQDR/Vuzu$ynKiO/E6Xf4dMvfx2LsP9KQotqy5cEOEppnEh5Hqe1UpCYAgOwSIJlNb0O65fxdYcRZH3gNFQ7ZOM/2kD/R811'
-p test
You have $ in the password, see man-page of shell ...
Am 04.06.2015 um 05:29 schrieb Felix Zielcke:
oveadm pw -t
{SHA512-CRYPT}$6$8FfoioQWQDR/Vuzu$ynKiO/E6Xf4dMvfx2LsP9KQotqy5cEOEppnEh5Hqe1UpCYAgOwSIJlNb0O65fxdYcRZH3gNFQ7ZOM/2kD/R811
-p test
Re: Testing SHA512-CRYPT password hashes with doveadm pw -t fails
Am Donnerstag, den 04.06.2015, 08:15 +0200 schrieb Hardy Flor:
doveadm pw -t
'{SHA512-CRYPT}$6$8FfoioQWQDR/Vuzu$ynKiO/E6Xf4dMvfx2LsP9KQotqy5cEOEppnEh5Hqe1UpCYAgOwSIJlNb0O65fxdYcRZH3gNFQ7ZOM/2kD/R811'
-p test
You have $ in the password, see man-page of shell ...
Args right. This Escaping problem bite me already with my backup script.
Now it works.
Anyway. This mail got me to subscribing the dovecot list.
Now that I have again my own mail server it's good to keep a bit
updated :)
Does Dovecot allow different clients to subscribe different subsets of IMAP folders?
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/
