dovecot - Feb 2014 - Enable mail logger plugin

> @Alexandre: You've removed the "$mail_plugins" in the IMAP
section as Peter already pointed out?
I'm not sure to fully understand how mail_plugins directive works.

Please correct, if I'm wrong :

Global mail_plugins lists common plugin used by all protocol
:
> mail_plugins = quota mail_log notify
Later, within each protocol declaration, I need to reference $mail_plugins
variable (i.e. mail_plugins = $mail_plugins ?)

Each protocol can use its own mail_plugins with an override
:
> protocol imap {
>  mail_max_userip_connections = 80
>  mail_plugins = quota imap_quota antispam
> }
In that case mail_log notify are not enabled for protocol imap.

So, I have two options :

1. List all mail_plugins explicitly for protocol imap, like this :
mail_plugins = quota mail_log notify
protocol imap {
 mail_max_userip_connections = 80
 mail_plugins = quota imap_quota antispam mail_log notify
}

2. Use $mail_plugins variable to include global mail_plugins into protocol imap
:
mail_plugins = quota mail_log notify
protocol imap {
 mail_max_userip_connections = 80
 mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_quota antispam
}

Alexandre

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On Thu, 20 Feb 2014, Alexandre Ellert wrote:
> From: Alexandre Ellert <aellert at numeezy.com>
> 
>> @Alexandre: You've removed the "$mail_plugins" in the
IMAP section as Peter already pointed out?
>
> I'm not sure to fully understand how mail_plugins directive works.
consider it as a variable like in the shell, PHP or perl....
> Please correct, if I'm wrong :
>
> Global mail_plugins lists common plugin used by all protocol :
global mail_plugins just assigns a variable, which is used as default, if 
the setting is missing.
>> mail_plugins = quota mail_log notify
> Later, within each protocol declaration, I need to reference $mail_plugins
variable (i.e. mail_plugins = $mail_plugins ?)
yes, if you want to include the previously defined value.
> Each protocol can use its own mail_plugins with an override :
>> protocol imap {
>>  mail_max_userip_connections = 80
>>  mail_plugins = quota imap_quota antispam
>> }
> In that case mail_log notify are not enabled for protocol imap.
Yep.
> So, I have two options :
> 1. List all mail_plugins explicitly for protocol imap, like this :
> 2. Use $mail_plugins variable to include global mail_plugins into protocol
imap :
Yes, whichever suits your particular need more.

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Steffen Kaiser
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