On 3/16/21 9:29 AM, Neil Price wrote:
On 16/03/2021 2:35 pm, Nic Bernstein wrote:
So if I use this command I will connect to my own Inbox as the Admin
user:
imtest -a admin -u nic imap.example.com
I gather there is no way of doing this from a generic client?
imapsync seems to have some way of doing it but perhaps it detects and
uses cyrus specific code.
Neil,
If you're trying to access another user's mailboxes when logged in as
administrator (or proxy) then you simply need to SELECT their mailbox
once you're authenticated. The actual reference to the other user's
mailbox will depend on your namespace settings. See this link for more
details on namespaces:
http://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/concepts/features/namespaces.html
In brief, if you have altnamespace enabled, then you'll find other
user's mailboxes in the "Other Users" prefix. For example, ``<tag>
SELECT "Other Users/nic"`` If not, then they'll be behind the "user/"
prefix, like so; ``<tag> SELECT "user/nic"``
If you're using Thunderbird, and have 'altnamespace' enabled, and you
have the correct ACLs, then the "Other Users" collection should appear
in your mailbox list, like in the subscription dialogue, and you can
subscribe, select, etc.
BTW: You do need to be thoughtful about your ACLs. By default the admin
user doesn't have read access to other user's mailboxes; you have to
specifically grant those. Some clients, like RoundCube, have modules
available to grant access (share this mailbox) but many do not. So you
probably will have to go into 'cyradm' and grant rights as needed.
Cheers,
-nic
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