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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-28 09:51:24 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/wiki/SharedMailboxes.Public.txt b/doc/wiki/SharedMailboxes.Public.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e958f19 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/wiki/SharedMailboxes.Public.txt @@ -0,0 +1,241 @@ +Contents + + + 1. Public Mailboxes + + 1. Per-user \Seen flag (v2.2+) + + 2. Maildir: Per-user \Seen flag + + 1. Maildir: Keyword sharing + + 3. Subscriptions + + 4. Read-only mailboxes + + 1. Read-only mboxes + + 2. Read-only Maildirs + + 5. Example: Public mailboxes with ACLs + +Public Mailboxes +================ + +Public mailboxes are typically mailboxes that are visible to all users or to +large user groups. They are created by defining a public namespace, under which +all the shared mailboxes are. See <SharedMailboxes.Permissions.txt> for issues +related to filesystem permissions. See <Namespaces.txt> for details of how +namespaces are configured. + +For example to create a public Maildir mailboxes, use: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +# User's private mail location +mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir + +# When creating any namespaces, you must also have a private namespace: +namespace { + type = private + separator = / + prefix = + #location defaults to mail_location. + inbox = yes +} + +namespace { + type = public + separator = / + prefix = Public/ + location = maildir:/var/mail/public + subscriptions = no +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +In the above example, you would then create Maildir mailboxes under the +'/var/mail/public/' directory. For example: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +# ls -la /var/mail/public/ +drwxr-s--- 1 root mail 0 2007-03-19 03:12 . +drwxrws--- 1 root mail 0 2007-03-19 03:12 .lkml +drwxrws--- 1 root mail 0 2007-03-19 03:12 .bugtraq +-rw-rw---- 1 root mail 0 2007-03-19 03:12 dovecot-shared +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Note that there are no 'cur/', 'new/' or 'tmp/' directories directly under the +'/var/mail/public/', because the Public/ namespace isn't a mailbox itself. (If +you create them manually, it does become a selectable mailbox. ) + +The 'dovecot-shared' file isn't directly used for either lkml or bugtraq +mailboxes, but if you create a new public mailbox via Dovecot it's +automatically copied there. + +Note that Dovecot uses Maildir++ layout by default for folders, where the +folder names must begin with a "." or Dovecot will ignore them. You can also +optionally use the <"fs" layout> [MailboxFormat.Maildir.txt] if you want the +directory structure to look like: + + * '/var/mail/public/' (root dir) + * '/var/mail/public/info/' (maildir folder) + * '/var/mail/public/company/' (maildir folder) + +Per-user \Seen flag (v2.2+) +--------------------------- + +Since v2.2 the recommended way to enable private flags for shared mailboxes is +to create private indexes with :INDEXPVT=<path>. This creates +dovecot.index.pvt[.log] files, which contain only the message UIDs and the +private flags. Currently the list of private flags is hardcoded only to the +\Seen flag. + +Example: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +namespace { + type = public + separator = / + prefix = Public/ + location = maildir:/var/mail/public:INDEXPVT=~/Maildir/public + subscriptions = no +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Maildir: Per-user \Seen flag +---------------------------- + +(With v2.2+ you should instead use the INDEXPVT as described above.) + +With Maildir a 'dovecot-shared' file controls if the \Seen flags are shared or +private. The file must be created separately inside each Maildir, although if +the file already exists in the Maildir root it's automatically copied for newly +created mailboxes. If 'dovecot-shared' file doesn't exist in Maildir, the \Seen +flags are shared. If it exists, the \Seen flag state is stored only in the +user's index files. By making each user have their own private index files, you +can make the \Seen flag private for the users. For example: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +namespace { + type = public + separator = / + prefix = Public/ + location = maildir:/var/mail/public:INDEX=~/Maildir/public + subscriptions = no +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Now when accessing e.g. "Public/lkml" mailbox, Dovecot keeps its index files in +'~/Maildir/public/.lkml/' directory. If it ever gets deleted, the \Seen flags +are lost. + +If you want to change what flags are shared when 'dovecot-shared' file exists, +currently you'll have to modify the source +code:'src/lib-storage/index/maildir/maildir-storage.c' maildir_open() has +'mbox->ibox.box.private_flags_mask = MAIL_SEEN;' Change the 'MAIL_SEEN' to any +flag combination you want. See 'src/lib-mail/mail-types.h' for list of valid +flags. + +Maildir: Keyword sharing +------------------------ + +Make sure you don't try to use per-user CONTROL directory. Otherwise +'dovecot-keywords' file doesn't get shared and keyword mapping breaks. + +Subscriptions +------------- + +Typically you want each user to have control over their own subscriptions for +mailboxes in public namespaces. This is why you should set 'subscriptions=no' +to the namespace. Dovecot will then use the parent namespace's subscriptions +file. Note that this practically means you must have a namespace with empty +prefix, otherwise there is no "parent namespace". + +Read-only mailboxes +------------------- + +Read-only mboxes +---------------- + +If you have a read-only directory structure containing mbox files, you'll need +to store index files elsewhere: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +namespace { + type = public + prefix = Public/ + location = mbox:/var/mail/public/:INDEX=/var/indexes/public + subscriptions = no +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +In the above example all the users would still be sharing the index files, so +you might have problems with filesystem permissions. Alternatively you could +place the index files under user's home directory. + +Read-only Maildirs +------------------ + +If your Maildir is read-only, the control and index files still need to be +created somewhere. You can specify the path for these by appending +':CONTROL=<path>:INDEX=<path>' to mail location. The path may point to a +directory that is shared among all users, or to a per-user path. Note that if +the Maildir has any keywords, the per-user control directory breaks the +keywords since there is no 'dovecot-keywords' file. + +When configuring multiple namespaces, the CONTROL/INDEX path must be different +for each namespace. Otherwise if namespaces have identically named mailboxes +their control/index directories will conflict and cause all kinds of problems. + +If you put the control files to a per-user directory, you must also put the +index files to a per-user directory, otherwise you'll get errors. It is however +possible to use shared control files but per-user index files, assuming you've +set up permissions properly. + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +namespace { + type = public + separator = / + prefix = Public/ + location = +maildir:/var/mail/public:CONTROL=~/Maildir/public:INDEX=~/Maildir/public + subscriptions = no +} +namespace { + type = public + separator = / + prefix = Team/ + location = maildir:/var/mail/team:CONTROL=~/Maildir/team:INDEX=~/Maildir/team + subscriptions = no +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Example: Public mailboxes with ACLs +----------------------------------- + +See <ACL.txt> for more information about ACLs. + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +namespace { + type = public + separator = . + prefix = public. + location = maildir:/var/mail/public + subscriptions = no + list = children +} + +plugin { + acl = vfile +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +It's important that the namespace type is "public" regardless of whether you +set the namespace prefix to "shared." or something else. + +After this you have to place 'dovecot-acl' files in every mailbox/folder below +'/var/mail/public' with rights for that folder (e.g. 'user=someone lr'). + +'acl_shared_dict' setting is not relevant for public mailboxes (only for +shared). + +(This file was created from the wiki on 2019-06-19 12:42) |