New email accounts missing default imap folders

[james@thereidsonline.com]

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to set up courier imap on Fedora Core 5.

I *think* I have nearly got everything sorted out, but have one final problem.

When I create a new email account (using ISPConfig), the user is created successfully (ie Maildir folder is created with courierimapkeywords, cur, new and tmp folders + courierimapuiddb file), but there are no default "send" or "trash" folders, or a courierimapsubscribed file.

I can log into these accounts with Squirelmail (can only see the inbox), but I don't think I can successfully send emails.

I can manually create the folders, and the courierimapkeywords file, at which point all works fine (ie can send emails)

Can someone give me some pointers where to look?

Thanks!
James.

[falko]

Have a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/sho...ht=maildirmake

[tycho]

What is the content of your squirrelmail's config.php?

[james@thereidsonline.com]

Hi Falko,

Thanks for the two replies...

I think maildirmake is a tool designed for creating shared folders (not what I wanted) - I think my problem is more of a config problem somewhere - for some reason the default folders (sent and trash) don't seem to be being created - I don't like the idea of manually creating a shared folder as a substitute!

James.

[james@thereidsonline.com]

Hi Tycho

My Squirrelmail config.php looks like...

<?php

/**
* SquirrelMail Configuration File
* Created using the configure script, conf.pl
*/

global $version;
$config_version = '1.4.0';
$config_use_color = 2;

$org_name = "SquirrelMail";
$org_logo = SM_PATH . 'images/sm_logo.png';
$org_logo_width = '308';
$org_logo_height = '111';
$org_title = "SquirrelMail";
$signout_page = '';
$frame_top = '_top';

$provider_uri = '';

$provider_name = 'SquirrelMail';

$motd = "";

$squirrelmail_default_language = 'en_US';
$default_charset = 'iso-8859-1';
$show_alternative_names = false;
$aggressive_decoding = false;
$lossy_encoding = false;

$domain = '';
$imapServerAddress = 'localhost';
$imapPort = 143;
$useSendmail = false;
$smtpServerAddress = 'localhost';
$smtpPort = 25;
$sendmail_path = '/usr/sbin/sendmail';
$sendmail_args = '-i -t';
$pop_before_smtp = false;
$imap_server_type = 'courier';
$invert_time = false;
$optional_delimiter = '.';
$encode_header_key = '';

$default_folder_prefix = 'INBOX.';
$trash_folder = 'Trash';
$sent_folder = 'Sent';
$draft_folder = 'Drafts';
$default_move_to_trash = true;
$default_move_to_sent = true;
$default_save_as_draft = true;
$show_prefix_option = false;
$list_special_folders_first = true;
$use_special_folder_color = true;
$auto_expunge = true;
$default_sub_of_inbox = false;
$show_contain_subfolders_option = false;
$default_unseen_notify = 2;
$default_unseen_type = 1;
$auto_create_special = false;
$delete_folder = true;
$noselect_fix_enable = false;

$data_dir = SM_PATH . 'data/';
$attachment_dir = SM_PATH . 'attach/';
$dir_hash_level = 0;
$default_left_size = '150';
$force_username_lowercase = false;
$default_use_priority = true;
$hide_sm_attributions = false;
$default_use_mdn = true;
$edit_identity = true;
$edit_name = true;
$hide_auth_header = false;
$disable_thread_sort = false;
$disable_server_sort = false;
$allow_charset_search = true;
$allow_advanced_search = 0;

$time_zone_type = 0;

$plugins[] = 'compatibility';
$plugins[] = 'vlogin';

$theme_css = '';
$theme_default = 0;
$theme[0]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/default_theme.php';
$theme[0]['NAME'] = 'Default';
$theme[1]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/plain_blue_theme.php';
$theme[1]['NAME'] = 'Plain Blue';
$theme[2]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/sandstorm_theme.php';
$theme[2]['NAME'] = 'Sand Storm';
$theme[3]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/deepocean_theme.php';
$theme[3]['NAME'] = 'Deep Ocean';
$theme[4]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/slashdot_theme.php';
$theme[4]['NAME'] = 'Slashdot';
$theme[5]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/purple_theme.php';
$theme[5]['NAME'] = 'Purple';
$theme[6]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/forest_theme.php';
$theme[6]['NAME'] = 'Forest';
$theme[7]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/ice_theme.php';
$theme[7]['NAME'] = 'Ice';
$theme[8]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/seaspray_theme.php';
$theme[8]['NAME'] = 'Sea Spray';
$theme[9]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/bluesteel_theme.php';
$theme[9]['NAME'] = 'Blue Steel';
$theme[10]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/dark_grey_theme.php';
$theme[10]['NAME'] = 'Dark Grey';
$theme[11]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/high_contrast_theme.php';
$theme[11]['NAME'] = 'High Contrast';
$theme[12]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/black_bean_burrito_theme.php';
$theme[12]['NAME'] = 'Black Bean Burrito';
$theme[13]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/servery_theme.php';
$theme[13]['NAME'] = 'Servery';
$theme[14]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/maize_theme.php';
$theme[14]['NAME'] = 'Maize';
$theme[15]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/bluesnews_theme.php';
$theme[15]['NAME'] = 'BluesNews';
$theme[16]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/deepocean2_theme.php';
$theme[16]['NAME'] = 'Deep Ocean 2';
$theme[17]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/blue_grey_theme.php';
$theme[17]['NAME'] = 'Blue Grey';
$theme[18]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/dompie_theme.php';
$theme[18]['NAME'] = 'Dompie';
$theme[19]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/methodical_theme.php';
$theme[19]['NAME'] = 'Methodical';
$theme[20]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/greenhouse_effect.php';
$theme[20]['NAME'] = 'Greenhouse Effect (Changes)';
$theme[21]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/in_the_pink.php';
$theme[21]['NAME'] = 'In The Pink (Changes)';
$theme[22]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/kind_of_blue.php';
$theme[22]['NAME'] = 'Kind of Blue (Changes)';
$theme[23]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/monostochastic.php';
$theme[23]['NAME'] = 'Monostochastic (Changes)';
$theme[24]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/shades_of_grey.php';
$theme[24]['NAME'] = 'Shades of Grey (Changes)';
$theme[25]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/spice_of_life.php';
$theme[25]['NAME'] = 'Spice of Life (Changes)';
$theme[26]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/spice_of_life_lite.php';
$theme[26]['NAME'] = 'Spice of Life - Lite (Changes)';
$theme[27]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/spice_of_life_dark.php';
$theme[27]['NAME'] = 'Spice of Life - Dark (Changes)';
$theme[28]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/christmas.php';
$theme[28]['NAME'] = 'Holiday - Christmas';
$theme[29]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/darkness.php';
$theme[29]['NAME'] = 'Darkness (Changes)';
$theme[30]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/random.php';
$theme[30]['NAME'] = 'Random (Changes every login)';
$theme[31]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/midnight.php';
$theme[31]['NAME'] = 'Midnight';
$theme[32]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/alien_glow.php';
$theme[32]['NAME'] = 'Alien Glow';
$theme[33]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/dark_green.php';
$theme[33]['NAME'] = 'Dark Green';
$theme[34]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/penguin.php';
$theme[34]['NAME'] = 'Penguin';
$theme[35]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/minimal_bw.php';
$theme[35]['NAME'] = 'Minimal BW';
$theme[36]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/redmond.php';
$theme[36]['NAME'] = 'Redmond';
$theme[37]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/netstyle_theme.php';
$theme[37]['NAME'] = 'Net Style';
$theme[38]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/silver_steel_theme.php';
$theme[38]['NAME'] = 'Silver Steel';
$theme[39]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/simple_green_theme.php';
$theme[39]['NAME'] = 'Simple Green';
$theme[40]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/wood_theme.php';
$theme[40]['NAME'] = 'Wood';
$theme[41]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/bluesome.php';
$theme[41]['NAME'] = 'Bluesome';
$theme[42]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/simple_green2.php';
$theme[42]['NAME'] = 'Simple Green 2';
$theme[43]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/simple_purple.php';
$theme[43]['NAME'] = 'Simple Purple';

$templateset_default = 0;
$aTemplateSet[0]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'templates/default/';
$aTemplateSet[0]['NAME'] = 'Default template';

$default_fontsize = '';
$default_fontset = '';

$fontsets = array();
$fontsets['serif'] = 'serif';
$fontsets['sans'] = 'helvetica,arial,sans-serif';
$fontsets['comicsans'] = 'comic sans ms,sans-serif';
$fontsets['verasans'] = 'bitstream vera sans,verdana,sans-serif';
$fontsets['tahoma'] = 'tahoma,sans-serif';

$default_use_javascript_addr_book = false;
$addrbook_dsn = '';
$addrbook_table = 'address';

$prefs_dsn = '';
$prefs_table = 'userprefs';
$prefs_user_field = 'user';
$prefs_user_size = 128;
$prefs_key_field = 'prefkey';
$prefs_key_size = 64;
$prefs_val_field = 'prefval';
$prefs_val_size = 65536;

$addrbook_global_dsn = '';
$addrbook_global_table = 'global_abook';
$addrbook_global_writeable = false;
$addrbook_global_listing = false;

$abook_global_file = '';
$abook_global_file_writeable = false;

$abook_global_file_listing = true;

$no_list_for_subscribe = false;
$smtp_auth_mech = 'none';
$imap_auth_mech = 'login';
$use_imap_tls = 2;
$use_smtp_tls = 0;
$session_name = 'SQMSESSID';

$advanced_tree = false;

$use_iframe = false;

$use_icons = false;

$use_php_recode = false;

$use_php_iconv = false;

$allow_remote_configtest = true;

@include SM_PATH . 'config/config_local.php';

/**
* Make sure there are no characters after the PHP closing
* tag below (including newline characters and whitespace).
* Otherwise, that character will cause the headers to be
* sent and regular output to begin, which will majorly screw
* things up when we try to send more headers later.
*/
?>

My copy of Squirrelmail was installed using the ISPConfig Squrrelmail package, and modified with conf.pl to use the default Courier settings.

James.

[james@thereidsonline.com]

Can someone give me some ideas on which program is responsible for creating the default folders? I get the impression that when a new email account is created that the send and trash folders are not created at this time - it is left to the first imap client that logs in to do this (eg Squirrelmail or Outlook etc) - is this correct? Are these folders created regardless of whether it is the first time that the account has been logged into?

My maillog has the following in it when I try to log in:

Dec 26 20:04:20 uksys01 imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Dec 26 20:04:20 uksys01 authdaemond: received auth request, service=imap, authtype=login
Dec 26 20:04:20 uksys01 authdaemond: authuserdb: trying this module
Dec 26 20:04:20 uksys01 authdaemond: userdb: opened /etc/authlib/userdb.dat
Dec 26 20:04:20 uksys01 authdaemond: userdb: looking up 'thereidsonline.com_test7'
Dec 26 20:04:20 uksys01 authdaemond: userdb: home=/var/www/web3/user/thereidsonline.com_test7, uid=10014, gid=10003, shell=/bin/false, mail=/var/www/web3/user/thereidsonline.com_test7/Maildir, quota=<unset>, gecos=test7, options=<unset>
Dec 26 20:04:20 uksys01 authdaemond: found systempw in userdbshadow
Dec 26 20:04:20 uksys01 authdaemond: authuserdb: sysusername=<null>, sysuserid=10014, sysgroupid=10003, homedir=/var/www/web3/user/thereidsonline.com_test7, address=thereidsonline.com_test7, fullname=test7, maildir=/var/www/web3/user/thereidsonline.com_test7/Maildir, quota=<null>, options=<null>
Dec 26 20:04:20 uksys01 authdaemond: password matches successfully
Dec 26 20:04:20 uksys01 authdaemond: Authenticated: sysusername=<null>, sysuserid=10014, sysgroupid=10003, homedir=/var/www/web3/user/thereidsonline.com_test7, address=thereidsonline.com_test7, fullname=test7, maildir=/var/www/web3/user/thereidsonline.com_test7/Maildir, quota=<null>, options=<null>
Dec 26 20:04:20 uksys01 imapd: LOGIN, user=thereidsonline.com_test7, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], protocol=IMAP
Dec 26 20:04:20 uksys01 imapd: LOGOUT, user=thereidsonline.com_test7, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], headers=0, body=0, rcvd=113, sent=261, time=0, starttls=1

Note: I've tried to implement the mod that allows me to log in using user@domain
Is it somehow possible that although courier imap is authenticating my email login successfuly that in reality it does not have access to the Maildir folder, and that as a result it cannot access the "Inbox"? (though I would have expected to see an error in the log if this were the case).

Thanks for your help,
James.

[tycho]

Originally Posted by james@thereidsonline.com

Can someone give me some ideas on which program is responsible for creating the default folders?

I think you mean trash, sent and drafts?
They are created because some mailclient is ordering to do so (so in your case probably squirrelmail). The folders and their structures are created and maintained by courier, but luckily courier does not autocreate anything.
Subsequently your mail client can order courier to create, modifie and delete all other folders you wish to handle.
By the way, the inbox and initial structures are created when the first message arrives.

[tycho]

OK, set
$auto_create_special = false; to
$auto_create_special = true;
I also reccomend setting
$show_contain_subfolders_option = false; to
$show_contain_subfolders_option = true;

Now reload apache.

This should solve your problem.

[teves]

Hello!

Originally Posted by tycho

OK, set
$auto_create_special = false; to
$auto_create_special = true;
I also reccomend setting
$show_contain_subfolders_option = false; to
$show_contain_subfolders_option = true;

Now reload apache.

Does this solution only affect newly created accounts?
I have about 150 domains on my server with about 600 accounts and I'd really like to know what would happen to the existing accounts if I used the given solution.....
What would happen if someone had created these folders manually already?

Thank you,
regards, Tom