[Dovecot] modules directory

Johannes Berg johannes at sipsolutions.net
Thu Nov 24 16:13:40 EET 2011


On Thu, 2011-11-24 at 16:02 +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On 24.11.2011, at 15.11, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 
> > I'm a little confused with how plugin loading works in dovecot 2, I
> > can't seem to make it load from $(moduledir)/imap/. Is that intended to
> > work? Just a configuration issue?
> > 
> > Reason I ask is that I ported my antispam plugin (I know there's a fork,
> > but I still like mine better) to dovecot 2 and the default "make
> > install" no longer loads properly with just "mail_plugins = antispam".
> > 
> > So is $(moduledir)/imap/ no longer used? I also notice acl/imap_acl now,
> > but I still see subdirectories for at least auth.
> 
> There's no /imap/ directory anymore, because it was annoying having to
> create symlinks to most of the plugins. Then with v2.0 there came new
> binaries and it wouldn't have made much sense adding lots of more
> directories with lots of more symlinks..
> 
> > Should I install into just $(moduledir)/ now?
> 
> Yep.

Alright, thanks! Do you remember if that would be compatible with older
versions as well, or do those require it being in /imap/?

johannes





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