Resubmission after N days

[Mihai Badici]

On Wednesday 04 February 2015 07:01:14 Thomas Güttler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I would like to implement a 43Folder system[1] with dovecot and a mail user
> agent.
> 
> Use case:
> 
> - I have a new mail in my inbox. I read it and see that I can't handle it
> now. I want to handle this mail in 5 days. - Now I want to have some sort
> of resubmission: the mail should be moved to a different location for these
> 5 days. - After 5 days the mail should be moved to my inbox again.
> 
> How can this be done with Dovecot/IMAP?
> 
> I have programming experience, but I am new to Dovecot/IMAP.
> 
> I would like solve this with Dovecot only (without a database or web
> server).
> 
> Does the IMAP protocol over methods which could help?
> 
> 
> [1] 43Folder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tickler_file
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Mihai Bădici
http://mihai.badici.ro

Why don't you use a calendar application to put an event related to that mail?
You can use the kolab approach ( IMAP only) for this.