Hi Steffan, How do I specify the entire mailbox? I only use ACL via telnet. I tried to use *(wildcard) to indicate entire mailbox but I guess that does not work. Will keep looking but appreciate if you could advise briefly. Thanks Kevin
On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 3:05 AM, Kevin Laurie <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Steffan, > Noted. Thanks for your feedback! > Best Regards > Kevin > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Steffen Kaiser > <[email protected]> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Wed, 6 May 2015, Kevin Laurie wrote: >> >>> By permission I mean (read, write, look-up seen). I dont think symlink >>> will allow these features. >> >> >> Symlinks grant all IMAP permissions, the filesystem level permits. That is, >> with symlinks you cannot selectivly deny permissions easily. >> >>> ACL does support such features. >>> Only problem is that I have to setacl for individual boxes (ie >>> Inbox,Sent,Junk etc.) >> >> >> There are front ends for IMAP ACLs and more importantly for your current >> situation: >> >> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/ACL >> >> Works great. If you search the list, you will find posts how to grant >> permissions for several or all mailboxes of one account with a tool chain >> using "doveadm mailbox list ". >> >> >>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Steffen Kaiser >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> On Tue, 5 May 2015, Kevin Laurie wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am trying to map a account([email protected]) to [email protected]. I >>>>> would like him to see/access Inbox,Sent,Junk,Trash of >>>>> [email protected] . What would you reckon would be the best way to do >>>>> this? ACL or Symlink? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> to suggest a "best way" we would need to know more about your Dovecot >>>> installation. >>>> >>>>> With symlink, I dont think I will be able to set permissions. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> What permissions you are talking of? >>>> >>>>> Is it possible to use ACL to get the entire email account access(the >>>>> inbox, junk, sent etc.)? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> With ACLs help can allow bob to access selected mailboxes with selected >>>> IMAP >>>> permissions, if bob may access the mail storage of help on file system >>>> level. ACLs are more powerful, but require more setup. >>>> >>>> I use both ways: >>>> >>>> ACLs to share mailboxes in general, which appear in the users branch, and >>>> symlinks to place SPAM reporting mailboxes right into the namespace of >>>> each >>>> user. >>>> >>>> - -- Steffen Kaiser >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>> Version: GnuPG v1 >>>> >>>> iQEVAwUBVUmxg3z1H7kL/d9rAQLuHwf/SdVE/ZAH4Tf4/H0EacRvNEn08qUOROGq >>>> eKLpd0p/TFpbHQxfM0YLazH9QEJBIP5mpRWa5U0WVzFiLTfR1UgVPcS3xjJnq+Pl >>>> uR9/vQfUpn/B+viGCsTB8ItKCnTF892mCsiUbiFEs7BeF5jdoTOdHCsHorJL/UKa >>>> bmpTD1ORUeKcA7m075jhTVDB6jwgWRELItIx9W2sqHBu+wfWfMp5lv3qSyOXPLtH >>>> onz+aUYhzAepuAhVI36feMUEwZhzHF+3fvzJmKZJSEQ3BwEZOm0eOqeba4gk52KC >>>> rSCwLZ2aDEwAx9L95MmT+B08M6ChNOuILTiYFlv0o/3G3Qt8qhqHhA== >>>> =Q36P >>>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> >> >> - -- Steffen Kaiser >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1 >> >> iQEVAwUBVUm+1Xz1H7kL/d9rAQKe6QgAnKH2zKVKZzfawIEwhpd4qY1fXP1dXNvA >> Ymzsf4i2MSG2hg8d1Nw91kxPQxmamHq98HLgHFjWy9of/5zW8I23iOAjxgJMpypY >> pXha/1T1W4rDoF7wnpHSWdkGtyFW4bQu3T1vNfU12bLw/d1ehdgcDjLHdYDncKyh >> ZZdFQ2BpPYyiHs3+KnZVqixdFna9+lEMOMJddVI1+8dTfRf3JlfZptEbhOp501ko >> w/slmqMzpZsx/+20QzI+pXh+jmQy0FFAJh8z0mWsnxdJqNbf9zSmSmvCy4lwirhL >> Mht3x2mudhcGk5l3Z+R86QxJiElEWpzdFv0JJRQp1oRwljAncasCGA== >> =cNmt >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
