dovecot create Virtual folders (imap search)

Question

I have taken a look at virtual folders and have it working. The couple of the folders I have set up are All Mail and Flagged by creating the respective dovecot-virtual file.

The dovecot-virtual files seems to be needed in each users mailbox.

How can I auto create the required dovecot-virtual files for every mailbox?

Answer 1

This is a pretty old question, but if you are still wondering, if i understood correctly what you were trying to achieve, you have to write auto = subscribe in each virtual mailbox in 15-mailboxes.conf, like so:

namespace inbox {
  mailbox "Flagged messages" {
    special_use = \Flagged
    auto = subscribe
    comment = Flagged messages
  }
}