Re: dynamic virtual mailboxes?
On 2019-05-03 16:03, Daniel Miller via dovecot wrote: On 5/2/2019 12:47 PM, MRob via dovecot wrote: hi, I spent time learning about virtual mailboxes. Is there some way to create dynamic virtual mailboxes? I mean, when I look at a mailbox, I want to see only unread messages or flagged messages in that mailbox. contents of /var/mail/mydomain/myuser/virtual/Flagged/dovecot-virtual: * flagged contents of /var/mail/mydomain/myuser/virtual/Unread/dovecot-virtual: * unseen contents of /var/mail/mydomain/myuser/virtual/Unread-Flagged/dovecot-virtual: * unseen flagged That is not dynamically generated and it isn't limited to just one mailbox (dovecot terminology here is confusing, normally a mailbox is a mail account (user), but in this context "mailbox" I guess mean "folder" which is how I am using it, as it is used in 15-mailboxes.conf)
Re: Understanding virtual mailboxes (examples in 15-mailboxes.conf)
On 2019-05-01 22:14, Daniel Miller via dovecot wrote:
On 4/30/2019 11:13 PM, MRob via dovecot wrote:
The examples in 15-mailboxes.conf
# If you have a virtual "All messages" mailbox:
#mailbox virtual/All {
# special_use = \All
# comment = All my messages
#}
# If you have a virtual "Flagged" mailbox:
#mailbox virtual/Flagged {
# special_use = \Flagged
# comment = All my flagged messages
#}
They seem to reference some kind of virtual mailbox setup that doesn't
compare to the docs for the "virtual" plugin. That plugin says we
should create a separate namespace instead, like "namespace virtual"
and put files representing the virtual folders into user maildirs.
What if we use mdbox? add the files to user/mailboxes director I will
guess.
Is there a way to use the mailbox examples in the inbox namespace in
the default config? Does it use some other method different from the
virtual plugin? maybe more config hints for those examples would be
helpful.
Thank you.
You will indeed need to setup a virtual namespace. The virtual
mailboxes will exist in a folder alongside but separate from your
primary mailstore. If your default namespace is:
Thank you, but question is about the example mailbox settings in
15-mailboxes.conf
I found I can put those mailbox definitions in the new virtual
namespace, still not sure if they would work if I kept them in the inbox
namespace, maybe the documentation in the example file can include
clarification
Re: dynamic virtual mailboxes?
On 5/2/2019 12:47 PM, MRob via dovecot wrote: hi, I spent time learning about virtual mailboxes. Is there some way to create dynamic virtual mailboxes? I mean, when I look at a mailbox, I want to see only unread messages or flagged messages in that mailbox. contents of /var/mail/mydomain/myuser/virtual/Flagged/dovecot-virtual: * flagged contents of /var/mail/mydomain/myuser/virtual/Unread/dovecot-virtual: * unseen contents of /var/mail/mydomain/myuser/virtual/Unread-Flagged/dovecot-virtual: * unseen flagged -- Daniel
