On Feb 24, 2013, at 10.04, Timo Sirainen <t...@iki.fi> wrote: > On 23.2.2013, at 18.26, b...@bitrate.net wrote: > >> i'm a little confused about namespace configuration. reading >> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Namespaces , and looking at the examples, it seems >> that when a namespace is declared, you can either do "namespace { ..." or >> "namespace foo { ..." - i'm having trouble finding clarity on the >> significance of "foo" though. it would appear it's not required, but then >> what is its purpose? what does it mean? does it imply something? > > It serves no other purpose than being able to refer to the namespace later in > the config file. > >> it's also unclear to me how to create the "default private namespace". i >> see that there are three types of namespaces, but the list of namespace >> settings doesn't seem to include a parameter to set the namespace type. >> what am i missing? > > namespace { > type = private > .. other settings .. > } > > They are private by default though. Also the wiki page was somewhat out of > date .. I updated it now. It no longer talks about "default private > namespace" at all, since it probably just adds confusion (especially with > v2.1+).
thanks, this fills in the missing pieces. are changes to the documentation wiki welcome from arbitrary folks in the community? i know it's a wiki, and get the essence and all that, but just wanted to ask out of consideration. i'd like to add a reference to "type =" in the list of namespace settings. -ben
