Problem with RENAME

[Simon Matter]

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> On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Etienne Goyer wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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 !
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> Cyrus 2.1.x does not support renaming user.xxx mailboxes.  I don't know if
> Cyrus 2.2.x does or not.
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> 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

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> 	Andy
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