You could also use welcome plugin to execute a custom script on first login.
Aki On 15.03.2017 09:28, plataleas wrote: > thanks for the feedback! > > Userdb would be an option, however we would need to extend our LDAP > Schema with an additional "autocreate flag". Modifying the LDAP import > scripts, this is quite a task. Another option we were thinking of is > creating the special folders by a script right after user creation. > > By far the best and easiest solution would be a flag to auto-create the > special folders ONLY on first login. > > Is there any chance to get this feature? > > Thanks a lot! > > > On 03/15/2017 07:38 AM, Steffen Kaiser wrote: >> On Tue, 14 Mar 2017, plataleas wrote: >> >>> We are currently migrating accounts to Dovecot. The existing accounts do >>> have special folders with different names. (i.e. sent, sent-mail) >>> The autocreate-function of "special folders" is useful. However we need >>> this feature ONLY for new users. The existing accounts have a mapping >>> for their own "special folders". >>> Did someone manage to implement this ? Are there workarounds? >> Workaround might be the thread "Auto create & subscribe folder from >> Userdb". >> >> Configure Dovecot to autocreate / autosubscribe and configure the >> userdb of existing users to override auto with no . >> >> You should test however, if some mail clients get confused with the >> new special use folders. When I switched them on several years ago, I >> had no complains about this. So, I guess, this "advice" (special use >> tag) is taken into account during account creation only. >> >> I'm not sure if you can override "special_use = \Sent", too. >> >> -- Steffen Kaiser
