dovecot - Nov 2006 - Server-side mail archiving - possible dovecot lda feature?

Hi Timo,

I have a question on the feasibility of adding the capability directly 
in dovecot LDA (or maybe this wouldn't be the correct place?) to provide 
a server-side mail archiving feature.

What I'd like is a simple way to define a maildir, ie:

vmail/archive/$user/Inbox
and
vmail/archive/$user/Inbox.Sent

And then have the dovecot LDA deliver a copy of all mail (incoming and 
outgoing) to this archive folder.

Is the dovecot LDA the best place for this to go? Or would an entirely 
new plug-in be more appropriate?

My boss may be willing to pay to have this capability added. I have 
investigated other third party solutions, but I would prefer something 
that is tightly integrated with dovecot.

I look forward to your response...

-- 

Best regards,

Charles

On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 08:30 -0500, Charles Marcus wrote:
> Is the dovecot LDA the best place for this to go? Or would an entirely 
> new plug-in be more appropriate?
Neither?

For archive.inbox, simply make your MTA deliver a second copy to there,
or configure the dovecot LDA to put a copy into it. That should be
trivial.

For archive.outbox, you need to make your MTA deliver a copy of the
message to the right folder, with exim that's easy with the unseen
router option (IIRC, but I do know that the exim FAQ contains an entry
answering exactly your question)

johannes

Charles Marcus escribi?:
> And then have the dovecot LDA deliver a copy of all mail (incoming and 
> outgoing) to this archive folder.
dovecot LDA has already -m that allows what you're looking for, just 
make your MTA do a second delivery adjusting LDA arguments.

Regards,
-- 
Angel Marin
http://anmar.eu.org/

On Friday 03 November 2006 08:30, Charles Marcus wrote:
> Hi Timo,
>
> I have a question on the feasibility of adding the capability directly
> in dovecot LDA (or maybe this wouldn't be the correct place?) to
provide
> a server-side mail archiving feature.
>
> What I'd like is a simple way to define a maildir, ie:
>
> vmail/archive/$user/Inbox
> and
> vmail/archive/$user/Inbox.Sent
>
> And then have the dovecot LDA deliver a copy of all mail (incoming and
> outgoing) to this archive folder.
>
> Is the dovecot LDA the best place for this to go? Or would an entirely
> new plug-in be more appropriate?
>
> My boss may be willing to pay to have this capability added. I have
> investigated other third party solutions, but I would prefer something
> that is tightly integrated with dovecot.
>
> I look forward to your response...
As discussed elsewhere in this thread, the LDA is not the appropriate place 
for this feature, the MTA is.  I do something similar already with sendmail 
using milters.  As I understand it, postfix also has milter capability, so a 
postfix/milter guru is likely what you're looking for.

hth

Mike