No help? Is this possible to do as I had done before but with the newer
version?
Thanks
A.
On 22/02/2016 5:52 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Previously I did /special/ processing for some email accounts; if a
> particular file existed in the user's home directory, then I caused the
> account to use /var/mail/$USER file for POP -- otherwise it used IMAP.
>
> Now, because I adjusted the setup for POP only, IMAP still worked
> perfectly well. Some users have both POP and IMAP access for various
> reasons.
>
> The special POP processing was done using a shell script [1] in place of:
> /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
> - which in turn called the normal binary once setting up the
> environment.
>
> Now, I have been forced to upgrade my Debian from squeeze-lts to wheezy
> and the dovecot setup is quite different.
>
> How can I implement my /wrapper/ script for POP handling now?
>
> Here is my current setup with dovecot -n ...
>
> # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.9
> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
> namespace inbox {
> inbox = yes
> location =
> mailbox Drafts {
> special_use = \Drafts
> }
> mailbox Junk {
> special_use = \Junk
> }
> mailbox Sent {
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox "Sent Items" {
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox "Sent Messages" {
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox Trash {
> special_use = \Trash
> }
> prefix =
> }
> passdb {
> driver = pam
> }
> plugin {
> sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve
> sieve_dir = ~/sieve
> }
> protocols = " imap pop3"
> service imap-login {
> inet_listener imap {
> port = 0
> }
> }
> service pop3-login {
> inet_listener pop3 {
> port = 0
> }
> }
> ssl = required
> ssl_cert = </etc/exim4/exim.crt
> ssl_key = </etc/exim4/exim.key
> userdb {
> driver = passwd
> }
>
>
> [1] This is the content of the original wrapper script:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> if [ -f $HOME/.use-mbox-for-pop3s ]; then
> export MAIL=mbox:$HOME/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/$USER
> export USER_INBOX=/var/mail/$USER
> if [ -f $USER_INBOX ]
> then
> export USER_INBOX_GROUP=$(stat -c %G $USER_INBOX)
> if [ $USER_INBOX_GROUP != $USER ]
> then
> (
> date
> ls -l $USER_INBOX
> chown Debian-exim:$USER $USER_INBOX
> ls -l $USER_INBOX
> ) >> /var/log/usr-lib-dovecot--pop3-affinity.log
> fi
> fi
> else
> if [ -d $HOME/Maildir ]; then
> export MAIL=Maildir:$HOME/Maildir
> else
> export MAIL=mbox:$HOME/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/$USER
> fi
> fi
>
> # Finally execute the imap/pop3. If you use both, you'll need two scripts.
> # - this customization just for POP3S ...
> exec /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
>
>
>
> Thanks
> AndrewM
