Problem with RENAME

[Patrick T. Tsang]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Matter" <simon.matter at ch.sauter-bc.com>
To: "Andrew Morgan" <morgan at orst.edu>
Cc: "Etienne Goyer" <etienne.goyer at linuxquebec.com>;
<info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
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