[Dovecot] Marking messages read / retaining date with Sieve

[Bret Martin]

On Jan 30, 2013, at 6:56 PM, Ben Morrow <ben at morrow.me.uk> wrote:
> I would do this by scripting IMAP access. Perl's Mail::IMAPClient has
> explicit support for running dovecot/imap in preauth mode, so you don't
> even have to authenticate. Of course, you need a Dovecot user account
> with access to all the relevant messages.

Thanks so much for your help! This sounds like a great option to me.

For "explicit" support, I'm having a lot of trouble finding out how to have Mail::IMAPClient invoke /usr/lib/dovecot/imap instead of connecting over the network -- could you provide any pointers?

--Bret