[PLUGIN] Virtual keywords (aka Gmail-like labels)

[Aki Tuomi]

You can actually create per-user virtual folders too. They don't need to
be global. But I see your plugin does automation, and it could write the
virtual file under user-writable location.

Aki


On 02.10.2017 12:14, Daniele Ricci wrote:
> As a matter of fact I use the virtual plugin to achieve what I want. I
> create dovecot-virtual configuration files.
> But if I understand you correctly, your approach is a system-wide
> configuration. Labels are per-user and dynamic by definition.
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> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi> wrote:
>>
>> On 01.10.2017 19:13, Daniele Ricci wrote:
>>> Hello list,
>>> I'm new here and since I've been working on a plugin lately I though
>>> I'd post it here.
>>>
>>> It's GPL licensed, hosted on GitHub:
>>> https://github.com/daniele-athome/dovecot-virtual-keywords-plugin
>>>
>>> I've been trying to find a replacement for Gmail and I already have my
>>> own mailserver. What I'm missing very much is labels. Since folders
>>> don't really match labels, I had to implement something that at least
>>> resembles them.
>>>
>>> I decided to use IMAP keywords since it's probably the closest thing to labels.
>>> The README in the repository pretty much describes what this plugin
>>> do, but basically it creates virtual mailboxes with predefined rules
>>> to match for labeled messages.
>>>
>>> E.g. if you set a "Urgent" keyword on any message, the plugin will
>>> create a "Virtual/Urgent" virtual mailbox that will have the message
>>> you just labeled.
>>>
>>> I'm a bit out of practice on C but I believe I managed. I've tested
>>> the plugin locally but I've not deployed it on my production mail
>>> server yet. I'd like to hear your opinions (reviews and comments are
>>> very welcome) and possibly find other people interested in this
>>> approach to discuss about it.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>> You should be able to do this with virtual plugin itself, like
>>
>> /etc/dovecot/virtual/Urgent:
>> *
>>    KEYWORD Urgent
>>
>> Aki
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