[Dovecot] Filtering spam in an offlineimap + dovecot setup

[Alan Schmitt]

Hello Damon,

"Damon Haley" <dkh at member.fsf.org> writes:

>>>>>> Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt at polytechnique.org> writes:
>
>> This is the crux of my question, I guess. Right now I don't deliver any
>> mail, but use offlineimap to keep a local imap server (dovecot) in sync with
>> a remote one. So my questions are: 1. Can I use dovecot's sieves if I don't
>> deliver mail?  2. If not, how can I hook up offlineimap and dovecot so that
>> mail is delivered instead of synchronized?
>
> Alan, you can use sieve with dovecot in an offline imap setup.
>
> All you have to do is compile sieve into dovecot:
>
> wget http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.2.tar.gz
>
> untar it
>
> cd /usr/local/src/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.2/
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/pigeonhole/0.4.0 --with-dovecot=/usr/local/opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot
> make && make install
>
> I did this on a Macbook with dovecot installed from hombrew.
>
> Whenever imap process is launched by my mail client it automatically sorts my
> INBOX based on sieve rules.
>
> I can also do this manually:
>
> sieve-filter -e -W -v -C -u $USER ~/Messages/dovecot.sieve 'INBOX'
>
> Hope that is of some help.

This is most helpful, thanks a lot!

Alan