Problem with RENAME

[Patrick T. Tsang]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Morgan" <morgan at orst.edu>
To: "Etienne Goyer" <etienne.goyer at linuxquebec.com>
Cc: <info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:28 AM
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.
>
> Andy
>
>

Cyrus 2.2.2 BETA supports mailbox deletion.

in /etc/imapd.conf

allowusermoves: yes

I tested it and it works.
I don't know if it can cater sieve scripts.


Patrick