On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Etienne Goyer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On the system I work, it is being considered to backup mailbox instead
> of destroying them when a user is deleted from the system. The idea is
> that instead of deleting the mailbox, it would be moved somewhere else,
> possible to be restored. I know I could just dump the mailbox somewhere
> and delete it within Cyrus, but I would prefer to do this within IMAP.
>
> When logged on as an admin, here is what I get when trying to RENAME a
> top-level mailbox to a special backup mailbox :
>
> * OK mail Cyrus IMAP4 v2.1.13 server ready
> . login admin *****
> . OK User logged in
> . rename user.gwb user.backup.gwb
> . NO Operation is not supported on mailbox
>
>
> admin have ACL lrswipcda on both user.gwb and user.backup. If this is
> of any importance, this is being done in a Murder.
>
> What does the "Operation is not supported on mailbox" mean ? Is there
> any other way to achieve the same result ?
>
> Thanks for your insight !
Cyrus 2.1.x does not support renaming user.xxx mailboxes. I don't know if
Cyrus 2.2.x does or not.
I've written a pair of perl scripts that we use here when someone asks to
have their username changed. One script copies a mailbox to a new
mailbox. The other script deletes a mailbox. I'm willing to share these
scripts if there is interest.
Andy
