That's great news! Feel free to use my code if it may help. At first I actually thought about patching the virtual plugin itself, but it's the first time I hack into Dovecot so I thought a separated (and simpler) plugin would be better.
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@dovecot.fi> wrote: > There is actually some request for ability to users to somehow create > virtual folders on demand, so it's a thing we are going to work on at > some point. > > Aki > > > On 02.10.2017 12:27, Daniele Ricci wrote: >> Yes, automation is the main point of the plugin :-) >> >> The problem is that creating virtual folders involves writing on the >> file system directly, which you can't do through IMAP alone. So I had >> to work within the mail server. >> >> What I really wanted to do was to create a storage driver (it seemed >> more suitable to the plugin scope), but that was much more complex and >> it will probably come in a future version. >> >> I'm also going to extend an existing Roundcube plugin for a more >> complete keyword handling. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@dovecot.fi> wrote: >>> You can actually create per-user virtual folders too. They don't need to >>> be global. But I see your plugin does automation, and it could write the >>> virtual file under user-writable location. >>> >>> Aki >>> >>> >>> On 02.10.2017 12:14, Daniele Ricci wrote: >>>> As a matter of fact I use the virtual plugin to achieve what I want. I >>>> create dovecot-virtual configuration files. >>>> But if I understand you correctly, your approach is a system-wide >>>> configuration. Labels are per-user and dynamic by definition. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@dovecot.fi> wrote: >>>>> On 01.10.2017 19:13, Daniele Ricci wrote: >>>>>> Hello list, >>>>>> I'm new here and since I've been working on a plugin lately I though >>>>>> I'd post it here. >>>>>> >>>>>> It's GPL licensed, hosted on GitHub: >>>>>> https://github.com/daniele-athome/dovecot-virtual-keywords-plugin >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been trying to find a replacement for Gmail and I already have my >>>>>> own mailserver. What I'm missing very much is labels. Since folders >>>>>> don't really match labels, I had to implement something that at least >>>>>> resembles them. >>>>>> >>>>>> I decided to use IMAP keywords since it's probably the closest thing to >>>>>> labels. >>>>>> The README in the repository pretty much describes what this plugin >>>>>> do, but basically it creates virtual mailboxes with predefined rules >>>>>> to match for labeled messages. >>>>>> >>>>>> E.g. if you set a "Urgent" keyword on any message, the plugin will >>>>>> create a "Virtual/Urgent" virtual mailbox that will have the message >>>>>> you just labeled. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm a bit out of practice on C but I believe I managed. I've tested >>>>>> the plugin locally but I've not deployed it on my production mail >>>>>> server yet. I'd like to hear your opinions (reviews and comments are >>>>>> very welcome) and possibly find other people interested in this >>>>>> approach to discuss about it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks! >>>>> You should be able to do this with virtual plugin itself, like >>>>> >>>>> /etc/dovecot/virtual/Urgent: >>>>> * >>>>> KEYWORD Urgent >>>>> >>>>> Aki >>>> >> >> > -- Daniele
