[Dovecot] Global Recipe Location

[Stephan Bosch]

James Butler schreef:
> Hmmm. I'm having difficulty finding a good place for a global Sieve script.
First of all, you should start a new thread (i.e. don't reply on an 
existing message) if you have a completely new question. Otherwise, some 
people may miss it and you'll mess the threads up in general.

> The problem seems to be related to saving the compiled version
> (xxx.svbin.tmp) in the same location as the script (xxx.sieve), which
> happens using the credentials of the recipient user.
The .svbin.tmp is a temporary version of the binary that is produced 
(and removed) when the script is recompiled. So, the actual name for the 
Sieve binary is global.svbin.

> i.e.
> 
> drwxr-xr-x dovecoter dovecoter /scripts
> -rw-r--r-- dovecoter dovecoter /scripts/global.sieve
> -rw------- recipient USERGROUP /scripts/global.svbin.tmp
> 
> Where should I be storing a global script that will process all incoming
> mail, and is not user-specific? Also, I would love some suggestions
> regarding how the permissions should be set, or anything that would make
> this work as expected.

The main problem is that the recipient users will not be able to write 
in the global directory, or they are not able to replace an existing 
binary with a recompiled version. This makes it impossible for deliver 
to store compiled global script binaries (it will work though). To 
prevent this, you must manually pre-compile your global scripts using 
the sievec tool each time you change them. Read the man page for more info.

> (Also, is there any documentation available regarding this type of thing?)
It is documented somewhat, but not that clearly obviously. :/

Regards,

-- 
Stephan Bosch
stephan at rename-it.nl