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

[Aki Tuomi]

There is actually some request for ability to users to somehow create
virtual folders on demand, so it's a thing we are going to work on at
some point.

Aki


On 02.10.2017 12:27, Daniele Ricci wrote:
> 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
>>>
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