Hi Jochen,
OK for the server command.
For the client, although this may be more related to a thunderbird
question, I think we have to understand the client functions to adapt
our server to them. Currently, I can see 3 types of "sharing" on the
thunderbird client:
1. The sharing tab when you right-click on a folder and ask for the
properties (showing the message "this server does not support sharing"
when run with james)
2. The imap-acl-extension which implements ACL we are talking about
(with a comment on the extension page which says thunderbird does not
implement ACL - is this true?).
3. The advanced options for an account where you can define Public
(shared) and Other Users folders (see
http://www.kombitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/thunderbird-idle-300x269.jpg)
Is this 3 different ways of giving access to your mail folders to other
users?
Btw, how as a user can I configure my client to gain (not give) access
to a mate folder?
Thx,
Eric
On 09/01/12 16:49, Jochen Gazda wrote:
Eric,
- the implementation of RFC4314 in imap code will be great. What about
the
management of the ACL : Made centrally by the server administrator, or
via
the user (such as for example sketched on
http://www.kombitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/thunderbird-idle-300x269.jpg
I do not understand what exactly you mean here.
ACLs can be managed over IMAP by admin or any other user who has the
needed permissions. I see our task just to implement this server part
of IMAP.
How is the thunderbird dialog related to ACL? I see only some general
IMAP settings there.
I never used ACL and I am just wondering how a user can benefit from it: has
he to ask the server administration to make the configuration (give
permissions on a folder to a user/group), or can he do it by himself.
Sorry for coming back so late to this. Both the admin-scenario and the
self-scenario are possible. I depends only on the capabilities of IMAP
clients and server in use. For admins there is e.g. a command line
tool called cyradm, which was written for Cyrus, but I suppose it uses
pure ACL related IMAP commands to do the job. For self-service there
is e.g. SOGo web client and perhaps this Thunderbird extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/imap-acl-extension/
Best,
Gazda
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