On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 04:47:06PM -0400, Scott Russell wrote: > On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 03:27:23PM -0400, Ken Murchison wrote: > > > I'm for the first time playing around with shared folders under Cyrus > > > IMAPd 2.1.9. I have several normal user accounts up and running fine > > > with my config. > > > > > > In the imapd.conf I see there are two options for controlling shared > > > folders. postuser and sharedprefix. I created a mailbox with cyradm (cm > > > testbox) and gave it ACL anonymous p. It gets mail just fine when I > > > sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > This seems to work well if I set "shareprefix: share" or if I leave > > > that out and set "postuser: share". So I'm confused as to what the > > > differences are between the two settings when they both seem to work > > > the same? > > > > 'postuser' is the one which is used for posting. 'sharedprefix' is only > > used if using 'altnamespace', in which your shared folder names (as > > presented to the client) would be "share.testbox" > > > > Check out the description of 'altnamespace' in the manpage or docs if my > > explanation is too cryptic. > > > > No, not to cryptic, just not clear? :) I've checked the man page so > let me try to ask my question again. > > I have the following in my imapd.conf file: > > configdirectory: /var/imap > partition-default: /var/spool/imap > altnamespace: yes > userprefix: user > postuser: share > > I created "testbox" using cyradm. This shows up on the partition as > /var/spool/imap/testbox/. > > With my imapd.conf set as pasted here, (notice no shareprefix is set) > mail sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] does get delivered right. > > Now, given all that, I can, without changing the physical mailbox > "testbox" change my imapd.conf to remove the postuser line and add > shareprefix: user. After restarting cyrus imapd posting still works.
Correction to what I'm saying. I add shareprefix: share, not shareprefix: user. > > So, maybe i'm missing something about how userprefix, shareprefix, and > altnamespace interact? -- Scott Russell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Linux Technology Center, System Admin, RHCE. Dial 877-735-8200 then ask for 919-543-9289 (TTY)
