Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL to store email?

Here's an example of what I would do with a MySQL backend.

I have an inbox where I get email for a wide variety of subjects. One of those classifications are customers. So I would create a customers folder and have a rule that if an incoming email from address match any email address in my customers folder then the mail would be delivered there. That way if I get a new customer then all I have to do is drag the first message into the customers folder and all other mail from that person would go into that folder.

To do this with MySQL would be trivial. To do it without a database isn't possible.

You can do this with mail rules.