On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 17:57 -0500, Matt Rude wrote: > Timo Sirainen wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 23:54 -0500, Matt Rude wrote: > >> I am trying to implement public folders on my Fedora 8 + Postfix 2.5.1 + > >> MySQL + Dovecot 1.0.13. I have Public folder shown in for my users but > >> when they choose the folder "Public" they receive the error "The mail > >> server responded: Mailbox doesn't exist: Public" (in Thunderbird) or > >> just simply "Mailbox doesn't exist: Public" (In SquirrelMail). They are > >> also reciveing the same errors when they try to subscribe to the Public > >> Folder. > > .. > >> namespace: > >> type: public > >> separator: / > >> prefix: Public/ > >> location: maildir:/var/spool/virtualmailboxes/%d/Public/ > > > > That's because Public isn't a mailbox, it's a namespace. You can create > > mailboxes under Public, but you can't treat Public itself as a mailbox. > > > Is there any way to remove this error? > > IS there a better way of doing the same thing?
What are you trying to do? Do you want just a single Public mailbox? That's not possible with namespaces (but you could do it with a symlink). Typically the solution would be to just create the public mailboxes under Public/. It sounds like the problem is how you're trying to use the client.
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