welcome plugin is already present in 2.2.24, so in that sense, no need to upgrade. Other than that, it should be rather straightforward upgrade.
Aki On 15.03.2017 13:07, plataleas wrote: > Thanks Aki!! > > The welcome plugin sounds like the best workaround. To implement this we > would need to upgrade our Dovecot installation: > > dovecot-core: > Installed: 1:2.2.24-1~bpo8+1 > Candidate: 1:2.2.27-2~bpo8+1 > > Are there special recommendations for the upgrade process (in addition > to the Dovecot NEWS file)? Any special steps we should be aware of > during the upgrade? > > Is it that simple "apt-get upgrade dovecot-core"? > > your experiences are highly appreciated! This is our first Dovecot > upgrade :-) > > > > On 03/15/2017 11:43 AM, Aki Tuomi wrote: >> 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
