[horde] Auto creation of special folders?

Thu Sep 17 20:16:10 UTC 2015

Jan Schneider wrote:
> Zitat von Bjoern Voigt <bjoernv at arcor.de>:
>
>> I want to specify custom folder names for special folders (sent
>> mails, templates etc.).
>>
>> I use Courier IMAP as IMAP backend and Horde Groupware 5.2.10.
>> Courier IMAP uses "INBOX." as a folder prefix, e.g. folder "Sent" is
>> "INBOX.Sent".
>>
>> Unfortunately Horde seems to ignore my folder names. Instead of my
>> names (e.g. "postponed" for drafts) it creates folders with standard
>> names (e.g. "Drafts") during login.
>>
>> My horde/imp/backends.local.php file
>>
>> <?php
>> $servers['imap']['port']=143;
>> $servers['imap']['maildomain']='mydomain.com';
>> $servers['imap']['secure']=false;
>> # Syntax variant 1
>> # $servers['imap']['special_mboxes']=array(
>> #      IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_DRAFTS => 'postponed',
>> #      IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_SENT => 'Sent',
>> #      IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_SPAM => 'Junk-E-Mail',
>> #      IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_TEMPLATES => 'Templates',
>> #      IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_TRASH => 'Trash',
>> #   );
>> # Syntax variant 2
>> $servers['imap']['special_mboxes'][IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_DRAFTS] =
>> 'postponed';
>> $servers['imap']['special_mboxes'][IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_SENT] = 'Sent';
>> $servers['imap']['special_mboxes'][IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_SPAM] =
>> 'Junk-E-Mail';
>> $servers['imap']['special_mboxes'][IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_TEMPLATES] =
>> 'Templates';
>> $servers['imap']['special_mboxes'][IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_TRASH] =
>> 'Trash';
>>
>> $servers['imap']['autocreate_special'] = true;
>> ?>
>>
>> The IMAP dump shows, that my folder names already exists (I created
>> them manually). But Horde creates folders with standard names:
>>
>> * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE
>> THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE ACL
>> ACL2=UNION STARTTLS XMAGICTRASH] Courier-IMAP ready. Copyright
>> 1998-2011 Double Precision, Inc.  See COPYING for distribution
>> information.
>> A0001 LOGIN testuser testpassword
>> A0001 OK LOGIN Ok.
>> 2 CAPABILITY
>> * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE
>> THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE ACL
>> ACL2=UNION XMAGICTRASH
>> 2 OK CAPABILITY completed
>> C64 EXAMINE ""
>> C64 NO Mailbox does not exist, or must be subscribed to.
>> 2 NAMESPACE
>> * NAMESPACE (("INBOX." ".")) NIL (("#shared." ".")("shared." "."))
>> 2 OK NAMESPACE completed.
>> 3 LSUB "" INBOX
>> 3 OK LSUB completed
>> 4 LSUB "" INBOX.*
>> 4 OK LSUB completed
>> 5 LSUB "" #shared.*
>> 5 OK LSUB completed
>> 6 LSUB "" shared.*
>> 6 OK LSUB completed
>> 7 LIST "" INBOX
>> * LIST (\Unmarked \HasChildren) "." "INBOX"
>> 7 OK LIST completed
>> 8 LIST "" INBOX.*
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Trash"
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.postponed"
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Junk-E-Mail"
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Sent"
>> 8 OK LIST completed
>> 9 LIST "" #shared.*
>> 9 OK LIST completed
>> 10 LIST "" shared.*
>> 10 OK LIST completed
>> 11 EXAMINE INBOX
>> * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
>> * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] No permanent flags permitted
>> * 0 EXISTS
>> * 0 RECENT
>> * OK [UIDVALIDITY 441399963] Ok
>> * OK [MYRIGHTS "acdilrsw"] ACL
>> 11 OK [READ-ONLY] Ok
>> C64 EXAMINE ""
>> C64 NO Mailbox does not exist, or must be subscribed to.
>> 2 LIST "" *
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Trash"
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.postponed"
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Junk-E-Mail"
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Sent"
>> * LIST (\Unmarked \HasChildren) "." "INBOX"
>> 2 OK LIST completed
>> 3 LIST "" *
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Trash"
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.postponed"
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Junk-E-Mail"
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Sent"
>> * LIST (\Unmarked \HasChildren) "." "INBOX"
>> 3 OK LIST completed
>> 4 NAMESPACE
>> * NAMESPACE (("INBOX." ".")) NIL (("#shared." ".")("shared." "."))
>> 4 OK NAMESPACE completed.
>> 5 LSUB "" 1
>> 5 OK LSUB completed
>> 6 LIST "" 1
>> 6 OK LIST completed
>> 7 LSUB "" INBOX.Templates
>> 7 OK LSUB completed
>> 8 LIST "" INBOX.Templates
>> 8 OK LIST completed
>> 9 CREATE INBOX.Templates
>> 9 OK "INBOX.Templates" created.
>> 10 SUBSCRIBE INBOX.Templates
>> 10 OK Folder subscribed.
>> 11 LSUB "" INBOX.Templates
>> * LSUB (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Templates"
>> 11 OK LSUB completed
>> 12 LIST "" INBOX.Templates
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Templates"
>> 12 OK LIST completed
>> 13 LSUB "" INBOX.Drafts
>> 13 OK LSUB completed
>> 14 LIST "" INBOX.Drafts
>> 14 OK LIST completed
>> 15 CREATE INBOX.Drafts
>> 15 OK "INBOX.Drafts" created.
>> 16 SUBSCRIBE INBOX.Drafts
>> 16 OK Folder subscribed.
>> 17 LSUB "" INBOX.Drafts
>> * LSUB (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Drafts"
>> 17 OK LSUB completed
>> 18 LIST "" INBOX.Drafts
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Drafts"
>> 18 OK LIST completed
>> 19 LSUB "" INBOX.Sent
>> 19 OK LSUB completed
>> 20 LIST "" INBOX.Sent
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Sent"
>> 20 OK LIST completed
>> 21 LSUB "" INBOX.Spam
>> 21 OK LSUB completed
>> 22 LIST "" INBOX.Spam
>> 22 OK LIST completed
>> 23 CREATE INBOX.Spam
>> 23 OK "INBOX.Spam" created.
>> 24 SUBSCRIBE INBOX.Spam
>> 24 OK Folder subscribed.
>> 25 LSUB "" INBOX.Spam
>> * LSUB (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Spam"
>> 25 OK LSUB completed
>> 26 LIST "" INBOX.Spam
>> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Spam"
>> 26 OK LIST completed
>> 27 SELECT INBOX
>> * FLAGS (\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)
>> * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\* \Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)]
>> Limited
>> * 0 EXISTS
>> * 0 RECENT
>> * OK [UIDVALIDITY 441399965] Ok
>> * OK [MYRIGHTS "acdilrsw"] ACL
>> 27 OK [READ-WRITE] Ok
>> C64 EXAMINE ""
>> C64 NO Mailbox does not exist, or must be subscribed to.
>>
>> An additional problem is, that I am unable to select my own folder
>> name (e.g. "postponed" in Webmail -> Drafts) until I started the
>> Mail app and subscribed the folder.
>>
>> Any idea, what is wrong here?
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Björn
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>
> You need to set those in prefs.local.php, not in the backends
> configuration.
Thanks. But why there is a special folders example configuration in
horde/imp/backends.php if horde/imp/prefs*.php would be correct?

Could you please provide an example for the correct syntax of
special folders in horde/imp/prefs.local.php?

Greetings,
Björn