Re: [Evolution] access control on imap folders

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 18:24 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> 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?

I've never tried it but I would guess it will notice when synching.
There's an IMAP operation to get the folder properties so that's where
it would show up. Worst case, you might have to restart Evo.

poc