Re: [Evolution] access control on imap folders

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 08:36 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 10:34 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > Is there scope for a "read-only" flag when creating an IMAP account or
> > even on specific folders - so that Evo knows early on not to accept
> > any changes to it?  Would it allow streamlining of some Evo
> > operations? It's not something I have ever wanted and I'm not sure if
> > would use it, but I can see the use cases?
>
> Evo does respect read-only folders as set by the IMAP server. My
> institution uses them for local public mailing lists. Users can read
> messages but not delete them (the "read" state is local to each user and
> maintained by the MUA) and we don't have thousands of copies of the same
> message on the mail server.
>
> You can also set up ACLs to share folders with a specific set of other
> users, either read or write. We use Cyrus BTW.
Asking from a pure desire to know (and not doubting at all what you
say!)...

How does Evo know if a folder becomes read only?  If for example an
admin changes the ACL on an IMAP folder that Evo is already subscribed
to, is that change indicated back to Evo?

P.