[Dovecot] Question about mbox_snarf and dovecot2.0

[Timo Sirainen]

On 5.5.2010, at 20.27, Jonathan Siegle wrote:

>>>> - open INBOX from that namespace and keep it open
>>> 
>>> Ok sync init would open /var/mail/%u
>> 
>> Well, you would simply call mailbox_open(ns->list, "INBOX"). Dovecot
>> internally then figures out that INBOX is /var/mail/%u based on the
>> namespace's configuration.
> 
> Ok. I couldn't find a mailbox_open that takes a list and char* as arguments, but I found a mail_namespace_find_inbox function which works well.

Oh, I meant mailbox_alloc() actually. mail_namespace_find_inbox() returns the INBOX's namespace, but I think above I meant opening the hidden snarf-INBOX. But you probably do need mail_namespace_find*() to find the snarf namespace by its configured prefix.

>> Also note that nothing here now assumes anything about what mailbox
>> format is being used. The whole plugin should perhaps be renamed to
>> "snarf", since it would work with any mailbox formats
>> (source/destination could even be different formats).
>> 
> Where do I specify the Destination mailbox in the config file? I have a source of INBOX(/var/spool). Should I just tack on SNARF on the var list?
> 
> namespace foo {
> 	prefix = ~~Snarf/
> 	location = mbox~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u:SNARF=/some/other/file
> 	list = no
> 	hidden = yes
> 	inbox = yes
> }

Destination mailbox is always the default INBOX (and that you can find with the mail_namespace_find_inbox()). So something like:

src = mailbox_alloc(snarf_ns->list, "INBOX");
dest = mailbox_alloc(inbox_ns->list, "INBOX");