Setup changes 1.x to 2.x -- custom POP3 account handling required.
Hi,
Previously I did /special/ processing for some email accounts; if a particular file existed in the user's home directory, then I caused the account to use /var/mail/$USER file for POP -- otherwise it used IMAP.
Now, because I adjusted the setup for POP only, IMAP still worked perfectly well. Some users have both POP and IMAP access for various reasons.
The special POP processing was done using a shell script [1] in place of: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
- which in turn called the normal binary once setting up the environment.
Now, I have been forced to upgrade my Debian from squeeze-lts to wheezy and the dovecot setup is quite different.
How can I implement my /wrapper/ script for POP handling now?
Here is my current setup with dovecot -n ...
# 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.9 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Items" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = " imap pop3" service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } } ssl = required ssl_cert =
[1] This is the content of the original wrapper script:
#!/bin/sh
if [ -f $HOME/.use-mbox-for-pop3s ]; then export MAIL=mbox:$HOME/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/$USER export USER_INBOX=/var/mail/$USER if [ -f $USER_INBOX ] then export USER_INBOX_GROUP=$(stat -c %G $USER_INBOX) if [ $USER_INBOX_GROUP != $USER ] then ( date ls -l $USER_INBOX chown Debian-exim:$USER $USER_INBOX ls -l $USER_INBOX ) >> /var/log/usr-lib-dovecot--pop3-affinity.log fi fi else if [ -d $HOME/Maildir ]; then export MAIL=Maildir:$HOME/Maildir else export MAIL=mbox:$HOME/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/$USER fi fi
# Finally execute the imap/pop3. If you use both, you'll need two scripts. # - this customization just for POP3S ... exec /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
Thanks AndrewM
No help? Is this possible to do as I had done before but with the newer version?
Thanks A.
On 22/02/2016 5:52 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Hi,
Previously I did /special/ processing for some email accounts; if a particular file existed in the user's home directory, then I caused the account to use /var/mail/$USER file for POP -- otherwise it used IMAP.
Now, because I adjusted the setup for POP only, IMAP still worked perfectly well. Some users have both POP and IMAP access for various reasons.
The special POP processing was done using a shell script [1] in place of: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
- which in turn called the normal binary once setting up the environment.
Now, I have been forced to upgrade my Debian from squeeze-lts to wheezy and the dovecot setup is quite different.
How can I implement my /wrapper/ script for POP handling now?
Here is my current setup with dovecot -n ...
# 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.9 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Items" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = " imap pop3" service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } } ssl = required ssl_cert =
[1] This is the content of the original wrapper script:
#!/bin/sh
if [ -f $HOME/.use-mbox-for-pop3s ]; then export MAIL=mbox:$HOME/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/$USER export USER_INBOX=/var/mail/$USER if [ -f $USER_INBOX ] then export USER_INBOX_GROUP=$(stat -c %G $USER_INBOX) if [ $USER_INBOX_GROUP != $USER ] then ( date ls -l $USER_INBOX chown Debian-exim:$USER $USER_INBOX ls -l $USER_INBOX ) >> /var/log/usr-lib-dovecot--pop3-affinity.log fi fi else if [ -d $HOME/Maildir ]; then export MAIL=Maildir:$HOME/Maildir else export MAIL=mbox:$HOME/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/$USER fi fi
# Finally execute the imap/pop3. If you use both, you'll need two scripts. # - this customization just for POP3S ... exec /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
Thanks AndrewM
More complicated, but still possible: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PostLoginScripting
On 22 Feb 2016, at 14:40, Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au wrote:
No help? Is this possible to do as I had done before but with the newer version?
Thanks A.
On 22/02/2016 5:52 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Hi,
Previously I did /special/ processing for some email accounts; if a particular file existed in the user's home directory, then I caused the account to use /var/mail/$USER file for POP -- otherwise it used IMAP.
Now, because I adjusted the setup for POP only, IMAP still worked perfectly well. Some users have both POP and IMAP access for various reasons.
The special POP processing was done using a shell script [1] in place of: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
- which in turn called the normal binary once setting up the environment.
Now, I have been forced to upgrade my Debian from squeeze-lts to wheezy and the dovecot setup is quite different.
How can I implement my /wrapper/ script for POP handling now?
Here is my current setup with dovecot -n ...
# 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.9 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Items" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = " imap pop3" service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } } ssl = required ssl_cert =
[1] This is the content of the original wrapper script:
#!/bin/sh
if [ -f $HOME/.use-mbox-for-pop3s ]; then export MAIL=mbox:$HOME/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/$USER export USER_INBOX=/var/mail/$USER if [ -f $USER_INBOX ] then export USER_INBOX_GROUP=$(stat -c %G $USER_INBOX) if [ $USER_INBOX_GROUP != $USER ] then ( date ls -l $USER_INBOX chown Debian-exim:$USER $USER_INBOX ls -l $USER_INBOX ) >> /var/log/usr-lib-dovecot--pop3-affinity.log fi fi else if [ -d $HOME/Maildir ]; then export MAIL=Maildir:$HOME/Maildir else export MAIL=mbox:$HOME/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/$USER fi fi
# Finally execute the imap/pop3. If you use both, you'll need two scripts. # - this customization just for POP3S ... exec /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
Thanks AndrewM
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