Am 10.10.2014 um 09:53 schrieb Andre Rodier: > On 09/10/14 23:06, Timo Sirainen wrote: >> On 09 Oct 2014, at 15:20, C Peters <chuck.pet...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The Dovecot wiki [1] doesn't list either Exim, Postfix or anything >>> else as supporting the dbox. I did some searching in the Exim >>> archives and have found only one message mentioning dbox, sdbox or >>> mdbox. [2] I think an RFC would go a long way towards getting the >>> format supported. Has Timo, or anyone else, considered submitting an >>> RFC to the IETF? >> >> No, and I don't want it to happen anytime in near future. The dbox >> format is highly Dovecot-specific, because it relies on Dovecot's >> index files. These index files are still changing and I'm not sure if >> they will ever be fully finished. I don't want any other software to >> even attempt to implement the same functionality. >> >>> My question was how are we going to use it if Exim doesn't support it. >> >> As others said, use LMTP or dovecot-lda with Sieve filtering. >> > > Hi, > > I am sorry if I am presumptuous or out of topic, but it seems to me that > the mail storage should be standardised.
Not really, its good to have many options > > I am still using Maildir myself, simply because I like the simplicity, > one file is one email, one directory is one email folder, for backup or > restore. > > The only thing I don't like is the naming convention, but I don't know > if a file system exists today to store such information in label or tags > associated to each file. > > Regarding the optimisation, I think it's the file system's role, albeit > I appreciate Dovecot's efforts to optimise the storage by taking in > consideration file system's specificities. > > A feature I would like, is dovecot being able to store emails in > databases, SQL or NoSQL. I would use this for archiving and queries > purposes. MariaDB / Drizzle, or MongoDB, CouchDB, etc. There is plenty > of choice. agreed, its good to have more options > > Maybe this storage scheme would be slower, but IMHO, this is not a > problem when people just want to archive their emails on a remote computer. why not using bcc stuff with i.e postfix perhaps see https://sys4.de/de/blog/2013/02/07/mailarchiv-mit-dovecot-und-postfix-sortiert-nach-datum-mailadressen-und-ein-ausgehend-unterordnern/ sorry german > > Maybe I could start this if I had some template or example to start. > > Kind regards, > André. Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein