Dovecot plugin and Push Mail

[Steffan Cline]

I figured this might be handy for anyone to look over.

# doveconf -n
# 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.7 (Final) 
auth_mechanisms = plain login
disable_plaintext_auth = no
mail_debug = yes
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
passdb {
  driver = pam
}
plugin {
  sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve
  sieve_dir = ~/sieve
  xaps_socket = /var/run/xapsd/xapsd.sock
}
postmaster_address = postmaster at hldns.com
protocols = imap pop3 sieve
service managesieve-login {
  inet_listener sieve {
    port = 4190
  }
}
ssl_ca = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.ca.pem
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_cipher_list = DEFAULT:!EXPORT:!LOW:!MEDIUM:!MD5
ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
userdb {
  driver = passwd
}
protocol lmtp {
  mail_plugins = " xaps"
}
protocol lda {
  mail_plugins = " sieve xaps"
}
protocol imap {
  mail_plugins = " imap_xaps"
}
protocol pop3 {
  pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
}









On 10/8/15, 8:23 AM, "dovecot on behalf of Steffan Cline" <dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org on behalf of steffan at hldns.com> wrote:

>I’m posting this here and will in a couple other places to see if anyone has any experience with this and knows what I can do.
>
>My setup is CentOS 6 with postfix, procmail and dovecot administered via Virtualmin.
>
>Postfix of course receives the email. Procmail uses it’s hooks to run the email through spam assassin and clamd. After than procmail hands it off to dovecot/deliver to drop it in the user’s mail box.
>
>I use the following plugin for dovecot with the daemon to provide Apple push mail for iPhones.
>
>https://github.com/st3fan/dovecot-xaps-daemon
>
>https://github.com/st3fan/dovecot-xaps-plugin
>
>For the most part, this works awesome but have run into a bit of a race issue with notification of mail in a particular instance.
>
>On my computer I use Outlook for Mac which says it supports IDLE but is broken. When an email comes in, I ALWAYS get the notification via the dovecpt plugin for a push since Outlook is checking IMAP every 2 minutes.
>
>On a buddy’s setup, he uses Apple Mail which supports IDLE that actually works. When his email client is connected from his laptop, it does actually maintain a persistent connection and NEVER receives a notification from the dovecot plugin because I’m guessing dovecot/deliver sees that the email was received by the desktop client.
>
>I’m not sure how to make the plugin ALWAYS give a push. Is it a dovecot config? A bug in the plugin? I’m not sure.
>
>Suggestions?
>
>
>Thank you,
>Steffan Cline
>602-793-0014
>