On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 06:41:28PM -0500, Ethan Sommer wrote: > Steven F Siirila wrote: > >On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 06:22:05PM +0200, Jakob Hirsch wrote: > > > >>Quoting Odhiambo WASHINGTON: > > >>You can do just that with dovecot, see > >>http://wiki.dovecot.org/PostLoginScripting > >>It's not very good performance-wise, because you spawn extra processes > >>for each login, but it depends on your setup/use-case how much it > >>affects you. > >> > > > >That's worth noting, but... > > > >What about getting notices out to those folks whose IMAP client stays > >connected (sometimes for days on end)? > > > > > You could always kill all their connections. Most clients will reconnect > and in an emergency I'd imagine it would outweigh any inconvenience to > your users.
Good point, although it would still be nice to have something integrated into Dovecot to handle "alert" messages. > Ethan > > -- > -- > Ethan Sommer > Systems Administrator > Gustavus Adolphus College > 507-933-7042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Steven F. Siirila Office: Lind Hall, Room 130B Internet Services E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office of Information Technology Voice: (612) 626-0244 University of Minnesota Fax: (612) 626-7593
