Displaying spam, sent, trash folders - problem -

[dvazart]

Hi i'm using OX GUI Version: 6.8.0-6802 Server Version: 6.8.0-6802 with Linux (Debian etch), Postfix, Dovecot, Amavis (Spamassassin and ClamAV) in the server.

Mi problem is : When i'm logged in OX i only have the inbox folder by default but i can't see the others folders (spam, trash, sent...) to display that i have to make a new folder inside inbox, but that only works for one session.

I tried to modify (setting to =true) the mail.properties file options :

# This property defines if the default folders of an user (Draft, Sent, Spam
# & Trash) are going to be placed right below folder "INBOX" even if
# feature "altNamespace" is enabled. NOTE: This property requires that
# subfolders are still permitted below initial folder "INBOX" even though
# "altNamespace" is enabled.
com.openexchange.mail.allowNestedDefaultFolderOnAltNamespace=false

# Defines if folder subscription is ignored when listing mail folders
# If set to 'true', all folders - regardless of their subscription status - are
# going to be listed
com.openexchange.mail.ignoreSubscription=false

Without success !

I also saw in the home directory of my virtual users the directories Spam, Trash, Sent are starting by dot (.) :

root@xxxxx:~# ls -al /home/vmail/example.com/test/Maildir/
total 92
drwx------ 10 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-19 17:54 .
drwx------  3 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-12 16:08 ..
drwx------  2 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:54 cur
-rw-------  1 vmail vmail   204 2009-03-16 10:44 dovecot.index
-rw-------  1 vmail vmail 32768 2009-03-19 10:14 dovecot.index.cache
-rw-------  1 vmail vmail  4688 2009-03-16 10:55 dovecot.index.log
-rw-------  1 vmail vmail   852 2009-03-16 10:41 dovecot-uidlist
drwx------  5 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:23 .Drafts
drwx------  2 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:44 new
drwx------  5 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:30 .Sent Items
drwx------  5 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:05 .Spam
-rw-------  1 vmail vmail    35 2009-03-16 10:23 subscriptions
drwx------  2 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:41 tmp
drwx------  5 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:27 .Trash

Then I made a symbolic link without dot to the folders, but without success !

The last thing I tried was to create the user with the options:

--mail_folder_drafts_name 	
--mail_folder_sent_name 	
--mail_folder_spam_name 	
--mail_folder_trash_name

Without success !

Thanks for your help !

[Martin Heiland]

Hi,

what version of dovecot are you using? Which mail backend (mbox, maildir, dbox...). Are there any entries at the OX Logfile when connecting? Is any entry shown when right-clicking the INBOX -> "Subscribe"?

Thanks

[dvazart]

Hi !

I'm using Dovecot 1.0 :

ii  dovecot-common                        1.0.rc15-2etch4                      secure mail server that supports mbox and ma
ii  dovecot-imapd                         1.0.rc15-2etch4                      secure IMAP server that supports mbox and ma
ii  dovecot-pop3d                         1.0.rc15-2etch4                      secure POP3 server that supports mbox and ma

I'm using Maildir :

 ls -al /home/vmail/example.com/test/Maildir/

drwx------ 10 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-19 17:54 .
drwx------  3 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-12 16:08 ..
drwx------  2 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:54 cur
-rw-------  1 vmail vmail   204 2009-03-16 10:44 dovecot.index
-rw-------  1 vmail vmail 32768 2009-03-19 10:14 dovecot.index.cache
-rw-------  1 vmail vmail  4688 2009-03-16 10:55 dovecot.index.log
-rw-------  1 vmail vmail   852 2009-03-16 10:41 dovecot-uidlist
drwx------  5 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:23 .Drafts
drwx------  2 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:44 new
drwx------  5 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:30 .Sent Items
drwx------  5 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:05 .Spam
-rw-------  1 vmail vmail    35 2009-03-16 10:23 subscriptions
drwx------  2 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:41 tmp
drwx------  5 vmail vmail  4096 2009-03-16 10:27 .Trash

When i click in Inbox > Subscribe in the window i only have INBOX and its checked !

And the logs do not show anything at the time of connection !

Thanks !

[dvazart]

Ok... [SOLVED]

If you are using this tutorial : http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-etch/ you have to improve "Backwards Compatibility: Courier IMAP" in your
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf like :

namespace private {
  separator = .
  prefix = 
  inbox = yes
}

namespace private {
  separator = .
  prefix = INBOX.
  inbox = yes
  hidden = yes
  list = no   # for v1.1+
}

Take a look to : http://wiki.dovecot.org/Namespaces

[Martin Heiland]

Thank you, i think this may also help other users facing the same problem.