[Dovecot] xexec and dovecot 1.1

Angel Marin anmar at anmar.eu.org
Wed Mar 26 10:36:23 EET 2008


Charles Marcus escribió:
> On 3/25/2008, Marc Perkel (marc at perkel.com) wrote:
>> What I'm really looking for someone to do is write some kind of SMTP 
>> over IMAP plugin so that IMAP can be an authenticated transport that 
>> would carry outbound email to Dovecot which would hand it off to an 
>> SMTP server or be a conduit to SMTP server. That way email users need 
>> not configure outgoing SMTP. It would just send outgoing email over 
>> the same connections.
> 
> I have been a big detractor for any usefulness for this kind of thing, 
> but there is one use that would be a big plus...
> 
> For the 'Copy to Sent' function... if you sent a message somehow using 
> the IMAP connection, maybe you could save the Client having to upload 
> the same message AGAIN just to copy it to the Sent folder (think 10MB 
> email sent over a 512Kb connection)...

No need for a new extension, it's easier to make your MTA deliver a copy 
of outgoing mail to the 'Sent' folder for those users that want it.

-- 
Angel Marin
http://anmar.eu.org/



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