On 06/13/2013 04:26 AM, Yonatan Broza wrote:> Hi,
>
> I couldn't find any decent documentation about the IMAPC feature.
>
> Could someone please explain the purpose of this feature?
>
> In particular, what are the differences between IMAPC and reverse
> proxying?
>
> Thanks.
imapc implements a storage engine for dovecot, so that you can say
things like: mail_location = imapc:~/imapc
Your mailbox can be stored in maildir, mdbox, or imapc. This would
typically be used for special purposes.
Regular proxying ultimately passes the connection on to the backend
server and the client is talking to that server directly, given that
server's implementation of the IMAP protocol. If you do proxying using
imapc, the client is talking to dovecot, dovecot serves the mailbox out
of this "storage engine" which in turn translates everything into
commands issued against the backend IMAP server. This more complicated
setup sometimes can solve problems when the client doesn't get along
well with the backend server.
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/ImapcProxy
Since imapc can make a remote mailbox appear like a local dovecot
mail_location, it can be very useful for migrating mailboxes from
another server to dovecot. Using the pop3_migration (and maildir as the
destination format) you can even preserve the pop3 UIDL order, so you
basically made a perfect clone and clients should continue to work
without noticing any difference whatsoever, whether they are using IMAP,
POP3 or both.
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration/Dsync