dovecot - Feb 2016 - Require different setting for mail_location for each of POP3S and IMAPS protocols

Okay,

Let's try this a different way.

I've been able to configure past dovecot to have a different
mail_location setting for the same user, but with different protocols.

When the user requests POP3S, I adjusted the mail_location to
/var/mail/$USER (with mbox in use).


When that *same* user requested IMAPS protocol, the required
mail_location is the Maildir folder.


This allows for independent two mail storage locations, one for the use
of mbox and the other for the use of Maildir *and* for the same user.


Some users only require mbox with others only requiring Maildir.


So, I need to cater for each of these situations.

How might I adjust current dovecot configuration to provide different
mail_location settings for different protocols?

Old dovecot allowed me to run a script before POP3S processing that gave
me the chance to adjust the mail_location variable.  That is what I need
now, just for POP3S.

Thanks
AndrewM

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On Tue, 23 Feb 2016, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> I've been able to configure past dovecot to have a different
> mail_location setting for the same user, but with different protocols.
>
> When the user requests POP3S, I adjusted the mail_location to
> /var/mail/$USER (with mbox in use).
>
>
> When that *same* user requested IMAPS protocol, the required
> mail_location is the Maildir folder.
>
>
> This allows for independent two mail storage locations, one for the use
> of mbox and the other for the use of Maildir *and* for the same user.
>
> Some users only require mbox with others only requiring Maildir.
>
> So, I need to cater for each of these situations.
>
> How might I adjust current dovecot configuration to provide different
> mail_location settings for different protocols?
>
> Old dovecot allowed me to run a script before POP3S processing that gave
> me the chance to adjust the mail_location variable.  That is what I need
> now, just for POP3S.
Did you already tried:
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PostLoginScripting
e.g. for service pop3 ?

Depending on your userdb, you can make use of the %s variable in lookups.

- -- 
Steffen Kaiser
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On 23/02/2016 6:45 PM, Steffen Kaiser wrote:
> Did you already tried:
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PostLoginScripting
> e.g. for service pop3 ?
> 
> Depending on your userdb, you can make use of the %s variable in lookups.
Just a quick thank you.
> -- Steffen Kaiser
Looks like that is the way to go.

Kind Regards
AndrewM