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

[Daniele Ricci]

That's great news! Feel free to use my code if it may help.

At first I actually thought about patching the virtual plugin itself,
but it's the first time I hack into Dovecot so I thought a separated
(and simpler) plugin would be better.



On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi> wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>
>>
>



-- 
Daniele