I don't see why it's so difficult or unwanted solution to create a mailbox shared and then access that as a shared folder from bob's and alice's account?
Is it because you found this handy guide and now you cannot see any other solution anymore? You would not even need the complicated way of logging in if you'd use shared folders instead. Users could log in the normal way and look into Shared/sales folder. Aki > On 02/03/2021 11:52 tuuialou <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Aki, > > I am still a bit lost as I don't understand why someone would bother > implementing this solution > https://forum.iredmail.org/topic13549-proposal-for-a-exchange-like-shared-mailbox-aka-login-as.html > without private \Seen flags (it would be much simpler to configure the IMAP > account of [email protected] on Alice and Bob computer). > > Also, I am surprised this popular MS Exchange setup > https://www.en.its.aau.dk/instructions/Mail/shared-mailbox-thunderbird/ > (login as another user and retain private \Seen flags) can't be implemented > in Dovecot. > > Anyway, I will stick with shared mailboxes then... > > > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 7:25 AM, Aki Tuomi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Nope. The master user feature allows you to impersonate a mail user. It > > does not act as a separate user. The only way to preserve \Seen flag is to > > use a shared mailbox. > > > > Aki > > > > > On 01/03/2021 14:39 tuuialou [email protected] wrote: > > > Hello and thank you for your answer. > > > I know https://wiki.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Shared and I successfully > > > implemented it but I am not 100% happy for the 3x reasons described in my > > > original message. > > > I understand the "exchange-like" solution described at > > > https://forum.iredmail.org/topic13549-proposal-for-a-exchange-like-shared-mailbox-aka-login-as.html > > > leverages the master user feature of Dovecot to reach my goal (retain > > > private \Seen flag without using the Shared mailbox feature). Or am I > > > missing something?? > > > Basically, my question is: > > > Is it possible to retain private \Seen flags between > > > [email protected][email protected] and [email protected][email protected]? > > > Thanks again for your help! > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > On Monday, March 1, 2021 10:46 AM, Aki Tuomi [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On 01/03/2021 10:55 tuuialou [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > I am trying to setup a shared mailbox for a small team. Let's say > > > > > Alice and Bob both need to read and answer [email protected]. I would > > > > > like Alice and Bob to retain private \Seen flags on > > > > > [email protected]. I know I can achieve that with INDEXPVT on shared > > > > > or public mailboxes but I am not 100% happy with this solution > > > > > because: > > > > > > > > > > - Thunderbird displays [email protected]/Inbox and > > > > > [email protected]/Sent as "subscribed folders" within > > > > > [email protected] and [email protected]. So Alice and Bob can't use > > > > > the unified view of Thunderbird. > > > > > - I need create a special identity in Alice and Bob Thunderbird's > > > > > configuration so the sender is [email protected] when Alice or Bob > > > > > sends an email from [email protected] (and not [email protected] or > > > > > [email protected]). But I am not sure another email client is able to > > > > > do that (on a mobile phone for example). > > > > > - I need to add ACL rights if a new folder is created under > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > So I am now looking at the "master users" feature of Dovecot to > > > > > replicate this MS Exchange setup > > > > > https://www.en.its.aau.dk/instructions/Mail/shared-mailbox-thunderbird/ > > > > > ([email protected] and [email protected] log is as > > > > > [email protected]). I achieved that but I don't know how to retain > > > > > private \Seen flags so that Bob doesn't see an email as read even if > > > > > Alice has marked it as read before. > > > > > Is it possible to retain private \Seen flags with master users? > > > > > If yes, how can I achieve that? > > > > > Thank you for any help! > > > > > PS: I posted the same question on > > > > > https://forum.iredmail.org/post77816.html and > > > > > https://forum.iredmail.org/topic13549-proposal-for-a-exchange-like-shared-mailbox-aka-login-as.html > > > > > but I couldn't get help and was advised to ask here. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Better idea would be to share the folder to Bob & Alice so that they > > > > have private indexes. This way they both have their own set of Seen > > > > flags. > > > > https://wiki.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Shared > > > > Aki
