Hello Aki, it's the other way around: I found this handy guide as I was not happy with shared mailboxes. Mainly because:
- Thunderbird displays sa...@example.com/Inbox and sa...@example.com/Sent as "subscribed folders" within al...@example.com and b...@example.com. So Alice and Bob can't use the unified view of Thunderbird (which is VERY useful when managing multiple email addresses) - I need create a special identity in Alice and Bob Thunderbird's configuration so the sender is sa...@example.com when Alice or Bob sends an email from sa...@example.com (and not al...@example.com or b...@example.com). 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 sa...@example.com. Before asking here, I also searched for a way to "trick" Thunderbird (see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1317763#answer-1375479) but it looks like Thunderbird can only show the mailboxes are they are presented by the IMAP server (Dovecot in this case). I guess I reached the end of the road... Thanks anyway for your help! ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 10:58 AM, Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote: > 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 tuuia...@protonmail.com 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 sa...@example.com 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 aki.tu...@open-xchange.com > > 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 tuuia...@protonmail.com 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 > > > > sales@example.comal...@example.com and sales@example.com...@example.com? > > > > Thanks again for your help! > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > > On Monday, March 1, 2021 10:46 AM, Aki Tuomi aki.tu...@open-xchange.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 01/03/2021 10:55 tuuialou tuuia...@protonmail.com 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 sa...@example.com. I > > > > > > would like Alice and Bob to retain private \Seen flags on > > > > > > sa...@example.com. 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 sa...@example.com/Inbox and > > > > > > sa...@example.com/Sent as "subscribed folders" within > > > > > > al...@example.com and b...@example.com. 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 sa...@example.com when Alice or Bob > > > > > > sends an email from sa...@example.com (and not al...@example.com or > > > > > > b...@example.com). 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 > > > > > > sa...@example.com. > > > > > > 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/ > > > > > > (al...@example.com and b...@example.com log is as > > > > > > sa...@example.com). 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
