[Dovecot] Alerts and pre-authenticated connections

[Mike Brudenell]

Greetings -

Work moves onward here at setting up our Dovecot IMAP service and  
I've got a couple more questions, I'm afraid...  :-}

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Q1.  The UW IMAP Server supports "pre-authenticated connections" --  
does Dovecot?

Specifically, it is possible to create a symlink from /etc/rimapd to  
the UW IMAP server binary and then use rsh or ssh from within the  
Pine mail client to execute that on the server to establish the IMAP  
connection:

   rsh imap.york.ac.uk /etc/rimapd

Pine uses this to open a "pre-authenticated" connection to the UW  
IMAP server to avoid the user having to enter their username and  
password -- the rsh/ssh mechanism provides the IMAP server with the  
user's login name.

I've grepped the Dovecot source but it looks like it doesn't support  
this.  Am I right in thinking this?

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Q2.  The UW IMAP Server can issue "IMAP Alerts"

The UW IMAP server can issue a sequence of one-line notices to mail  
clients using IMAP's ALERT mechanism.  The notices are formed formed  
from each line in a systemwide file (if non-empty) and a per-user  
file (~/.imapalert).  Many, but by no means all, mail clients display  
these notices to the user -- currently we use this mechanism to  
advise people who have totally run out of mail quota.

I've grepped the Dovecot source for "alert" but it looks like the  
IMAP Alert mechanism isn't supported.  Am I right in thinking this?

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Cheers,
Mike B-)

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