[Dovecot] LDA Question

Marcus Rueckert rueckert at informatik.uni-rostock.de
Thu Nov 16 22:25:27 UTC 2006


On 2006-11-16 17:08:33 -0500, Jeff wrote:
> I need some advice about replacing maildrop with the Dovecot LDA. I need 
> to replicate a setup that uses postfix+maildrop+spamassassin. We'll be 
> using Dovecot 1rc13.
> 
> In the current setup, maildrop reads a file called .mailfilter in each 
> user's folder, then call spamassassin according to the user's 
> preferences. The file is simple, and looks like this --


should this be global or just per user?

> if ( $SIZE > 20971520 )
> {
> EXITCODE=77
> echo "Your email was rejected because it exceeded limit of 20 MB"
> exit
> }

if this should be global -> MTA message size limit

> if ( $SIZE < 26144 )
> {
>   exception {
>      xfilter "/usr/local/bin/spamc -u user at domain.com"
>   }
> }

do that at MTA level

> exception {
>       to "$DEFAULT/Maildir/"
> }

delivering to the default mailbox is no problem with the LDA ;)

> What is the most straightforward way to have 'Deliver' do the same 
> thing, without changing the way that SA gets called? Apologies in 
> advance if this is a boneheaded question. I've been sorting through 
> Sieve documentation and HOWTOs and I see everything but what I need.

hope this helps

    darix

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