# HG changeset patch # User Timo Sirainen # Date 1228504575 -7200 # Node ID 101b206caa0039c60a293fbcc7c80072f2746202 # Parent 3dc481f92b7d5f870ec7e781266706fbb3596eca Updated comment about shared namespaces. diff -r 3dc481f92b7d -r 101b206caa00 dovecot-example.conf --- a/dovecot-example.conf Fri Dec 05 21:13:13 2008 +0200 +++ b/dovecot-example.conf Fri Dec 05 21:16:15 2008 +0200 @@ -224,11 +224,13 @@ # If you need to set multiple mailbox locations or want to change default # namespace settings, you can do it by defining namespace sections. # -# You can have private, shared and public namespaces. The only difference -# between them is how Dovecot announces them to client via NAMESPACE -# extension. Shared namespaces are meant for user-owned mailboxes which are -# shared to other users, while public namespaces are for more globally -# accessible mailboxes. +# You can have private, shared and public namespaces. Private namespaces +# are for user's personal mails. Shared namespaces are for accessing other +# users' mailboxes that have been shared. Public namespaces are for shared +# mailboxes that are managed by sysadmin. If you create any shared or public +# namespaces you'll typically want to enable ACL plugin also, otherwise all +# users can access all the shared mailboxes, assuming they have permissions +# on filesystem level to do so. # # REMEMBER: If you add any namespaces, the default namespace must be added # explicitly, ie. mail_location does nothing unless you have a namespace