Open a group's mailbox, or folders someone shared, from the account menu

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2026-10-05 21:49:33 +00:00

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A group's members, and anyone a folder was shared with, could reach that
mail over IMAP but not here: Mail read only the reader's own account.
Calendar, Contacts and Files already list other people's shares; Mail
now does too (multi-account spec, MA-A).

Such an account is listed under "Mail to show" in the account menu,
after any locked account handed to the reader, and opens in place of
the reader's own mail through the same switch AL-7 uses. Only accounts
whose Mailbox/get answers with a mailbox are offered: the server
advertises every capability on any shared account, so a colleague who
shared one calendar would otherwise appear with mail.

While one is in view:

a bar in the palette's accent (not the locked account's red) names
it, with "Back to my mail"; the tab title names it without a padlock;
calendars, contacts and files stay the reader's own (viewAccountFor
follows only a delegation now);
writing a message uses the viewed account's identities, so a reply in
support@ goes out as support@ and is saved in its Drafts and Sent.

Losing the account (removed from the group, share withdrawn) takes the
reader back to their own mail with the existing "You no longer have
access" notice.

New string: "Shared mailbox:" (1, English only in the other ten
catalogs). Checked in Chrome against a scratch server with a support@
group and two members. typecheck and vitest (174 files, 1533 tests)
pass.

A group's members, and anyone a folder was shared with, could reach that mail over IMAP but not here: Mail read only the reader's own account. Calendar, Contacts and Files already list other people's shares; Mail now does too (multi-account spec, MA-A). Such an account is listed under "Mail to show" in the account menu, after any locked account handed to the reader, and opens in place of the reader's own mail through the same switch AL-7 uses. Only accounts whose Mailbox/get answers with a mailbox are offered: the server advertises every capability on any shared account, so a colleague who shared one calendar would otherwise appear with mail. While one is in view: - a bar in the palette's accent (not the locked account's red) names it, with "Back to my mail"; the tab title names it without a padlock; - calendars, contacts and files stay the reader's own (viewAccountFor follows only a delegation now); - writing a message uses the viewed account's identities, so a reply in support@ goes out as support@ and is saved in its Drafts and Sent. Losing the account (removed from the group, share withdrawn) takes the reader back to their own mail with the existing "You no longer have access" notice. New string: "Shared mailbox:" (1, English only in the other ten catalogs). Checked in Chrome against a scratch server with a support@ group and two members. typecheck and vitest (174 files, 1533 tests) pass.

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A group's members, and anyone a folder was shared with, could reach that
mail over IMAP but not here: Mail read only the reader's own account.
Calendar, Contacts and Files already list other people's shares; Mail
now does too (multi-account spec, MA-A).

Such an account is listed under "Mail to show" in the account menu,
after any locked account handed to the reader, and opens in place of
the reader's own mail through the same switch AL-7 uses. Only accounts
whose Mailbox/get answers with a mailbox are offered: the server
advertises every capability on any shared account, so a colleague who
shared one calendar would otherwise appear with mail.

While one is in view:

- a bar in the palette's accent (not the locked account's red) names
  it, with "Back to my mail"; the tab title names it without a padlock;
- calendars, contacts and files stay the reader's own (viewAccountFor
  follows only a delegation now);
- writing a message uses the viewed account's identities, so a reply in
  support@ goes out as support@ and is saved in its Drafts and Sent.

Losing the account (removed from the group, share withdrawn) takes the
reader back to their own mail with the existing "You no longer have
access" notice.

New string: "Shared mailbox:" (1, English only in the other ten
catalogs). Checked in Chrome against a scratch server with a support@
group and two members. typecheck and vitest (174 files, 1533 tests)
pass.

jcoffey-dev merged commit 7f12a7d8ee into main

2026-10-05 21:52:10 +00:00

jcoffey-dev deleted branch feat/shared-mail

2026-10-05 21:52:10 +00:00

Open a group's mailbox, or folders someone shared, from the account menu #47