let dovecot automatically create mailbox folders rather than doing it manually in the management daemon, fixes #554

management/mailconfig.py

@@ -303,25 +303,6 @@ def add_mail_user(email, pw, privs, env):
 	# write databasebefore next step
 	conn.commit()
 
-	# Create & subscribe the user's INBOX, Trash, Spam, and Drafts folders.
-	# * Our sieve rule for spam expects that the Spam folder exists.
-	# * Roundcube will show an error if the user tries to delete a message before the Trash folder exists (#359).
-	# * K-9 mail will poll every 90 seconds if a Drafts folder does not exist, so create it
-	#   to avoid unnecessary polling.
-
-	# Check if the mailboxes exist before creating them. When creating a user that had previously
-	# been deleted, the mailboxes will still exist because they are still on disk.
-	try:
-		existing_mboxes = utils.shell('check_output', ["doveadm", "mailbox", "list", "-u", email, "-8"], capture_stderr=True).split("\n")
-	except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-		c.execute("DELETE FROM users WHERE email=?", (email,))
-		conn.commit()
-		return ("Failed to initialize the user: " + e.output.decode("utf8"), 400)
-
-	for folder in ("INBOX", "Sent", "Trash", "Spam", "Drafts"):
-		if folder not in existing_mboxes:
-			utils.shell('check_call', ["doveadm", "mailbox", "create", "-u", email, "-s", folder])
-
 	# Update things in case any new domains are added.
 	return kick(env, "mail user added")