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

[Daniele Ricci]

Yes, automation is the main point of the plugin :-)

The problem is that creating virtual folders involves writing on the
file system directly, which you can't do through IMAP alone. So I had
to work within the mail server.

What I really wanted to do was to create a storage driver (it seemed
more suitable to the plugin scope), but that was much more complex and
it will probably come in a future version.

I'm also going to extend an existing Roundcube plugin for a more
complete keyword handling.



On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>



-- 
Daniele