[Dovecot] xexec and dovecot 1.1

[Marc Perkel]

Charles Marcus wrote:
> On 3/25/2008, Marc Perkel (marc at perkel.com) wrote:
>> What I'm really looking for someone to do is write some kind of SMTP 
>> over IMAP plugin so that IMAP can be an authenticated transport that 
>> would carry outbound email to Dovecot which would hand it off to an 
>> SMTP server or be a conduit to SMTP server. That way email users need 
>> not configure outgoing SMTP. It would just send outgoing email over 
>> the same connections.
>
> I have been a big detractor for any usefulness for this kind of thing, 
> but there is one use that would be a big plus...
>
> For the 'Copy to Sent' function... if you sent a message somehow using 
> the IMAP connection, maybe you could save the Client having to upload 
> the same message AGAIN just to copy it to the Sent folder (think 10MB 
> email sent over a 512Kb connection)...
>

That's a good point. The operation of copying to a server side sent 
folder could be done in the same operation.

So Charles - why is it that you've resisted the idea? it just seems so 
natural to me.