[Dovecot] imap proxy for Gmail

[Willie Gillespie]

On 10/19/2011 9:31 PM, Jumping Mouse wrote:
> I have a situation were I want to be able to give teachers access to their Google apps for education email through Squirrelmail. The network that they are on blocks gmail.    I am able to get Squirrelmail to communicate with Gmail via imap.  I am looking at getting persistant imap connections to improve the user experience.  I have looked at IMAPPROXY  but this application is not compatible with the gmail imaps (ssl-encrypted imap over port 993).   I recall reading somewhere that Dovecot has a built in imapproxy that could be used for this.
>
> Can someone please point me to documentation or other information on how I might achieve the above stated goal?

You are probably thinking of the "imapc" backend for Dovecot.  Not sure 
if it gives the persistent connections you are looking for or not since 
I've never used it.