[Dovecot] How do I use plus-addressing in Dovecot 1.1.x?

[mouss]

Jon Fullmer wrote:
> I'm using Postfix, Amavisd-new/SpamAssassin, and Dovecot. They all run 
> on the same server (running Linux). The mailboxes are stored on the same 
> server in maildir format.
> 
> The logical path for incoming messages (as I understand it) is:
> 
> 1) received by Postfix; handed off to Amavisd-new
> 2) Amavisd-new checks to see whether or not it's spam/undesirable; hands 
> off to Dovecot deliver
> 3) Dovecot deliver delivers the message to the local mailbox
> 
> Under each of my user's mailbox is a submailbox called "spam". Just so I 
> don't confuse terminologies (I'm no IMAP/maildir expert), for example, 
> we have someone at domain.com. My configured mail_location is 
> "maildir:/srv/mail/%d/%n", so this person's mailbox is located here:  
> /srv/mail/domain.com/someone/   Within this directory is another 
> mailbox:  /srv/mail/domain.com/someone/.spam/
> 
> [snip]
> 
> Or is there a better way?
> 


you can use something like this (in master.cf):

dovecot unix    -       n       n       -       -      pipe
         flags=DRhu user=_mailbox
         argv=/path/to/dovecot/deliver
                 -d ${user}@${nexthop} -n -m ${extension}

(-n prevents dovecot from creating the folder if it doesn't exist. 
otherwise, strangers can create random folders in your mailbox!).

Alternatively, you can use sieve:

require "fileinto";

if header :contains "X-Spam-Flag" "YES" {
          fileinto "Junk";
          stop;
}

#if header :contains "X-Amavis-Alert" "BANNED" {
#        fileinto "Junk";
#        stop;
#}

#if header :contains "X-Spam-Status" "BOUNCE_MESSAGE" {
#        fileinto "Junk.Bounce";
#        stop;
#}



> Thanks so much for your help, and thanks for a great product!
> 
>  - Jon