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
