Ideas needed for archiving

[Ben]

On 15/12/2015 14:08, Piotr Pies Ostrowski wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 11:50:06AM +0000, Ben wrote:
>> I've been asked by a user whether it's possible to stop their IMAP client
>> downloading messages older than a given date.
>>
>> Whilst I'm guessing it may well be possible to do this client-side using
>> folders and subscriptions, it got me thinking .... is there a way to do this
>> server side on dovecot ?  i.e. is there a way to "hide" messages from a user
>> without having to archive them off into a seperate account ?
>
> Sounds like virtual folders - create virtual folder with contains only
> messages fullfiling criteria, maybe hide somehow original folder, let
> user subscribe virtual folder.
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Virtual
>
> Pies
>

Interesting, will look into that.  First time I've heard about virtual 
folders !