Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-24 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 18:53 -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote: > It might be nice to have a mode that disallows deletion of *non-empty* > folders. In order for a user to delete the folder, the folder must first be > emptied and purged. Yes, this sounds like a possibly good idea. Only problem is that i

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-23 Thread Kenneth Porter
On Friday, May 23, 2008 10:38 AM -0700 "Daniel L. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This actually may have a real benefit to some specialty folders - such as junk/nojunk folders that are looked for by a scanning re-classifier. Can you give an example of how to make...Inbox/Junk non-deletable

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-23 Thread Daniel L. Miller
Timo Sirainen wrote: On May 20, 2008, at 2:07 AM, Kenneth Porter wrote: Is there a straightforward way to disallow the deletion of all IMAP mailboxes? I have a user who's deleted an important IMAP mailbox and I'm now recovering a recent copy from the backup. But I'd rather just blanket disa

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-22 Thread Kenneth Porter
On Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:00 AM -0400 Charles Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/20/2008 9:53 PM, Kenneth Porter wrote: It might be nice to have a mode that disallows deletion of *non-empty* folders. In order for a user to delete the folder, the folder must first be emptied and purged.

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-21 Thread Scott Silva
on 5-20-2008 6:50 PM Kenneth Porter spake the following: On Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:39 AM -0700 Scott Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I usually make users wait a while before restoring their mistakes. A few hours of thinking about it might make them think about it Assuming it was a mistake.

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-21 Thread Charles Marcus
On 5/20/2008 9:53 PM, Kenneth Porter wrote: It might be nice to have a mode that disallows deletion of *non-empty* folders. In order for a user to delete the folder, the folder must first be emptied and purged. Alas, deleting messages can be undone, but folders can't be, and the UI of a clien

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-20 Thread Kenneth Porter
It might be nice to have a mode that disallows deletion of *non-empty* folders. In order for a user to delete the folder, the folder must first be emptied and purged. Alas, deleting messages can be undone, but folders can't be, and the UI of a client doesn't necessarily make this obvious.

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-20 Thread Kenneth Porter
On Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:39 AM -0700 Scott Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I usually make users wait a while before restoring their mistakes. A few hours of thinking about it might make them think about it Assuming it was a mistake. How long do you then wait in turn before he gives you yo

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-20 Thread Scott Silva
on 5-20-2008 6:43 AM Jacek Osiecki spake the following: On Tue, 20 May 2008, mouss wrote: Kenneth Porter wrote: On Monday, May 19, 2008 9:43 PM -0400 Charles Marcus > Thats pretty drastic - I'd have a rebellion on my hands if I tried that were that to happen. Most users aren't that sophist

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-20 Thread Scott Silva
on 5-19-2008 4:07 PM Kenneth Porter spake the following: Is there a straightforward way to disallow the deletion of all IMAP mailboxes? I have a user who's deleted an important IMAP mailbox and I'm now recovering a recent copy from the backup. But I'd rather just blanket disallow all folder d

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-20 Thread Jacek Osiecki
On Tue, 20 May 2008, mouss wrote: Kenneth Porter wrote: On Monday, May 19, 2008 9:43 PM -0400 Charles Marcus > Thats pretty drastic - I'd have a rebellion on my hands if I tried that were that to happen. Most users aren't that sophisticated and aren't creating folders in the first place. (

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-20 Thread mouss
Kenneth Porter wrote: On Monday, May 19, 2008 9:43 PM -0400 Charles Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thats pretty drastic - I'd have a rebellion on my hands if I tried that here. The userbase is small, and I'd even be willing to set this up for one user were that to happen. Most users aren

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-19 Thread Kenneth Porter
On Monday, May 19, 2008 9:43 PM -0400 Charles Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thats pretty drastic - I'd have a rebellion on my hands if I tried that here. The userbase is small, and I'd even be willing to set this up for one user were that to happen. Most users aren't that sophisticated a

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 5/19/2008 Kenneth Porter wrote: I have a user who's deleted an important IMAP mailbox and I'm now recovering a recent copy from the backup. But I'd rather just blanket disallow all folder deletions. Thats pretty drastic - I'd have a rebellion on my hands if I tried that here. There's onl

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-19 Thread Timo Sirainen
On May 20, 2008, at 2:07 AM, Kenneth Porter wrote: Is there a straightforward way to disallow the deletion of all IMAP mailboxes? I have a user who's deleted an important IMAP mailbox and I'm now recovering a recent copy from the backup. But I'd rather just blanket disallow all folder del

Re: [Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-19 Thread Kenneth Porter
On Monday, May 19, 2008 4:07 PM -0700 Kenneth Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm using 1.2.rc15 from CentOS 5 (RHEL5 equivalent). I think I'm misinterpreting the CentOS package's version number. The package is listed as: dovecot-1.0-1.2.rc15.el5.src.rpm I think that means 1.0 rc15 and

[Dovecot] Disallow folder delete

2008-05-19 Thread Kenneth Porter
Is there a straightforward way to disallow the deletion of all IMAP mailboxes? I have a user who's deleted an important IMAP mailbox and I'm now recovering a recent copy from the backup. But I'd rather just blanket disallow all folder deletions. The user is using Thunderbird and this has hap