[Dovecot] Auto create folder(s)

[Charles Marcus]

On 9/26/2007, Fábio M. Catunda (catunda at contactnet.com.br) wrote:
> >
> > Could it could be written to simply create the folder if the target 
> folder doesn't exist (ie, if the initial save fails due to 
> non-existent folder)? Then there would be no performance hit...
> >
> There will be a performance hit couse you have to check if the folder 
> exists or not. 

This is not good... but not what I wrote either.

I'm not a programmer, so this may not be possible, but...

What I wrote was, do NOT test BEFORE delivery is attempted - only create 
the folder IF delivery attempt FAILS *DUE* to non-existent folder.

Ie:

Deliver to user+foo
    Error: Folder 'foo' doesn't exist for user
   Ok, Do: Create folder 'foo' for user
     ReDo: Deliver to user+foo

Maybe this is not reliable - and if not, definitely shouldn't be done. 
But if there is a way to catch the error 'destination folder doesn't 
exist', then it would NOT be a performance hit, because no test is 
performed, only an error handled differently.

Again, this may not be doable, if not, sorry for the noise...

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Best regards,

Charles