[Dovecot] manipulating mails

[Marcus Rueckert]

On 2010-04-15 19:01:39 +0200, Sven wrote:
> Marcus Rueckert schrieb:
> >my thought would be:
> >make it like amavis ...
> >1. your mta forwards you the mail via smtp.
> >2. you munch the email (although i seriously wonder why)
> >3. you send it back to your mta via smtp
> >4. mta calls dovecot to deliver the mail
> >
> >for better suggestions, it would be nice to know what kind of
> >modifications you want to do.
> >
> 
> for the moment i want to delete mails from dovecots maildir.
> but i am looking for a general way for automate mail processing with
> perl. not shure yet to what this will lead
> sven

uhm ... you should be a bit more specific ...
deleting mails could mean "all mails older than"
there the expire tool could help you.

in general i would use imap to delete mails, as you are independent of
the used storage.


    darix

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