[Dovecot] Filtering spam in an offlineimap + dovecot setup

[Damon K. Haley]

>>>>> Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt at polytechnique.org> writes:

> Hello Damon,
> "Damon Haley" <dkh at member.fsf.org> writes:

>> Alan, you can use sieve with dovecot in an offline imap setup.
>> 
>> All you have to do is compile sieve into dovecot:
>> 
>> wget
>> http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.2.tar.gz>
>> untar it
>> 
>> cd /usr/local/src/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.2/
>> 
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/pigeonhole/0.4.0
>> --with-dovecot=/usr/local/opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot make && make install
>> 
>> I did this on a Macbook with dovecot installed from hombrew.
>> 
>> Whenever imap process is launched by my mail client it automatically sorts
>> my INBOX based on sieve rules.

> I gave this a try, following the documentation from
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Pigeonhole/Sieve/Configuration

> Unfortunately I have an error:

> ,----
> | Establishing connection to tunnel:/usr/local/Cellar/dovecot/2.2.10/libexec/dovecot/imap -c ~/.dovecotzimbra.rc
> | Error: Can't load plugin sieve_plugin: Plugin is intended to be used only by binaries: lda lmtp (we're imap)
> | Fatal: Couldn't load required plugins
> `----

> This is the configuration file I tried:
> protocols = imap
> mail_location = maildir:~/.Maildir/zimbra:INBOX=~/.Maildir/zimbra/.INBOX
> mail_plugins = $mail_plugins sieve

> plugin {
>   sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve
>   sieve_dir = ~/.sieve
> }
> The documentation says that one can only use the plugin with lda or
> lmtp. How do you use it with imap?

Anna, 

I use lda.

Here are my relevant config files:

https://github.com/dhaley/feedyourbaby/blob/master/conf.d/15-lda.conf
https://github.com/dhaley/feedyourbaby/blob/master/conf.d/90-sieve.conf

Hopefully that helps, although I'm guessing you've already figured it out.

Damon