[Dovecot] Sieve filters on folders, different from INBOX

[Robert Schetterer]

Am 26.02.2013 15:40, schrieb Valery V. Sedletski:
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>> ---- Original Message ----
>> From: Robert Schetterer <rs at sys4.de>
>> To: dovecot at dovecot.org
>> Sent: Вт, Фев 26, 2013, 5:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Sieve filters on folders, different from INBOX
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>> Am 26.02.2013 14:20, schrieb Valery V. Sedletski:
>>> Hi all
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>>> Is it possible to configure Dovecot's sieve plugin to act on message
>>> arrival to folders, other than INBOX? 
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>> sieve is invoked by lda or lmtp not "as arrive in inbox"
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>>> I wish to move messages fetched by pop3 fetcher to special folder, or sort
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>> if you use i.e getmail and maildir it may possible
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>> look
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>> http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/getmailrc-examples
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> I use mpop with a shell wrapper script. The fetcher is working on IMAP server side (not on user
> side, as usual). So, it is used to pull email from several POP3 servers to our IMAP server. The mail is
> stored in Maildir++ format. Yes, it is possible to configure fetcher to sort messages to folders by its own means,
> but I'd like to implement the mail sorting by means of Sieve filters. The user can easy configure
> filters in webmail interface, then it work with any IMAP client, because it is done on IMAP server side.
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> So, if sieve is invoked by lda, then, probably, I could invoke dovecot-lda from wrapper script on each mail
> after it is fetched? 

with getmail

[destination]
type = MDA_external
path = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver

But then it will be copied to INBOX... -- Is it possible to specify the
other folder to deliver to,
> to the deliver program?

the sieve filter invoked bx deliver does it, i.e rule

if header :contains ...  fileinto :create "folder"

or whatever

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>>> outgoing mail to folders, specific
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>> outgoing mail is smtp, with i.e imap copy to sent folder etc
>> if you want other folders your imap client should do it
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> So, I can invoke Sieve interpreter from SMTP server, or process it via dovecot-lda, like in fetcher case?

in general ,i dont think so , there may be some workaround with server
bcc_copy and i.e plus adressing with sieve then for "sent" mail

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>> try i.e
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>> https://addons.mozilla.org/de/thunderbird/addon/send-filter/?src=search
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>>> to their recipients.
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>>> Thanhs in advance,
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>> i guess what you want in gneral ,is more advanced ( new ) handling
>> of mail workflow at all, look at list archives for more info on
>> some stuff you asked, some may work in the future with new features in
>> imap and sieve, but meanwhile you have to workaround
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> I used such features with my old POP3 client (it was the good old PMMail in OS/2). But it 
> worked on POP3 client side, with local folders. It seemed to be not very advanced, but I just
> got a case to implement the same with Dovecot and Exim :)

your talking about different things, there is a lot you can do with
allready downloaded mail or at "internal" mailservices
which may not make sense in "online" mailservers



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>>> WBR,
>>> valery
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>> Best Regards
>> MfG Robert Schetterer
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Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer

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