----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Matter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andrew Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Etienne Goyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 3:58 PM Subject: Re: Problem with RENAME
> > > > > > 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. > > I'd be interested to put them into contrib in my rpms, if the license > permits it. > > Simon > > > > > Andy > > What about sieve script? If the perl script can move script and compile it, it is useful. Best Regards Patrick Tsang
