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@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