Permission to delete the mail in folder, but not the folder

Ken Murchison ken at oceana.com
Fri Oct 25 09:42:59 EDT 2002



Reinhard Proessler wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> i've seen a discussion about this problem, but i cannot
> find it anymore.
> I've setup a few groups with shared folders where the mail
> drops in directly. Now users complains that it is possible
> to delete accidentially a subfolder without any security
> question or warnings.
> So far as i know is it not possible to delete mail in a
> folder but not the folder with normal settings of imap rights.
> 
> But i think i've read about a patch for cyrus imap that fixes
> this problem? We use cyrus-imap 1.6.4

1.6.4 is so old, I don't remember how it behaves.  On any remotely
current version, the 'd' right allows messages to be deleted, and the
'c' right allows folders to be created/deleted.

Ken
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