[Dovecot] Creating Maildir and populating with emails via external Python process

[Bradley Rintoul]

I didn't actually write code to create Maildir files from scratch, technically.  
I used 15-20 lines of Python to do that and to actually fetch the mail in 
addition...

Mailbox consolidation isn't the only thing which this project I'm working on 
requires, but it's a big part of it.  :)

Anyway, I really appreciate all the advice and help!



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From: Stan Hoeppner <stan at hardwarefreak.com>
To: dovecot at dovecot.org
Sent: Thu, October 25, 2012 2:02:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Creating Maildir and populating with emails via external 
Python process

On 10/25/2012 2:13 PM, Bradley Rintoul wrote:

> Let's  say someone has an account with Yahoo, for example.  My Python code is  

> fetching email from the user's Yahoo! account and placing it into the  Dovecot 

> Maildir storage for a particular user.  Now when the user  retrieves their 
>mail, 
>
> they are doing so using my Dovecot - my Dovecot  instance is acting as a proxy, 
>
> of sorts...

There are already a gazillion email services that do mailbox
consolidation--the term for what you're attempting.  Why are you
reinventing the wheel?  Must be a family and the dog project...

A quick browse of your Wordpress blog confirms such.  It also explains
why you wrote code to create maildir files from scratch.  Only a
programmer assumes that the first path to a solution is to write new code.

A system administrator on the other hand, most of us here, Google's for
suitable FOSS, then looks in his distro repos for it, and builds from
source if a package isn't available.  We only script when out of Elmer's
and duct tape. ;)

-- 
Stan