[courier-users] A TIP : Acessing Courier IMAP ACL-Shared folder in Microsoft Outlook Express

[shyam s]

Dear Group.

         I would like to share few ideas with the group.I am newbie to courier and my experice with courier is for last 2 month. Well if you already have this probelm just ignore it. I think this can help newbies like me.

I found courier-imap server is a good and fast for IMAP protocol.The problem I found with courier was Microsoft Outlook Express's poor responce to Courier-Imaps Virtual-shared folders. After a  lot of trial-and-error method I had found out how to tackle this problem. I am using courier-0.52.1 on my FC3 Release of GNU/Linux Machine.

The problem was with accessing imap shared-folder with ACL enabled. So here is the step to move forward.

configurations.

After setting up the imap server with multiple virtual domain having, multiple-virtual user with in it.Each users having different  acl permissions  on different virtual folders which are shared{you can check the integrity using Mozilla base mail client}. You need to do the following steps in OE to get the same.

Suppose a user [EMAIL PROTECTED] is accessing shared folder of [EMAIL PROTECTED]

1)From tools/account menu select the mail tab.

2)Add the user account [EMAIL PROTECTED] the last stage of adding, Dont give the password  as of now.

3)Finish the process and search the left column whether the account just   made had displayed or not.

4)Select the account,right click,took the properties,choose the IMAP tab   for the fist instance give your

   shared root folder as per you have given   in "./Maildir/courierimapsubscribed" means

   [EMAIL PROTECTED] com

   Here the user Shyam's private folder is exported,let me say,Open and Close

5)Now save and close the tab.

6)Outlook will now ask whether to export the directories or not.

  Please note: ONLY at this moment we answer yes.

7)Now next is the most tricky part. from the step(4),as I described   go to the IMAP tab.

8)Now you need to change the

  [EMAIL PROTECTED] com

   to

  #shared

9)Now save it and again refresh.

10)Again Outlook will ask for exporting another the mail folders from server.Please give Yes at this

    moment.
 
   It will export all the shared-folders from courier-imap server. it will display message like in Mozilla base

   client,except the message threading.

  

   I personally use thunderbird for my purpose.But those who are addicted to Outlook Express they can

   use this trick.

   I didn't check the stablilty and scalability of this process.If any body face some funny problem, please

   feel share it to the group so that some body can find another solution for it.

  I am not sure whether this piece of information was useful or not.

 Thanks for reading this mail.

 Have a great day

 Regards
 Shyam