[Dovecot] integrating procmail (procmail v. sieve)

Andrzej Adam Filip anfi at onet.eu
Thu May 19 13:54:06 EEST 2011


kjonca at o2.pl (Kamil Jońca) wrote:
> Jerry <dovecot.user at seibercom.net> writes:
>
>>> Below, I've provide the relevant snippets of my current functional
>>> configuration; how best to integrate procmail into the mix?
>>
>> Why procmail? Use sieve instead. It is fully supported in Dovecot and
>> IMHO far easier to use.
>
> Well, how can I call external program from sieve? (For example for
> decoding some data, and put them to database?) Is any extension for
> this?  KJ

I would suggest leaving sieve filtering for most users/mailboxes 
(delivery via dovecot's deliver) and executing deliver from procmail
script of a few exceptions (delivery via procmail).
[ I assume postix can be configured to do it ]

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