More complicated, but still possible:
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PostLoginScripting
> On 22 Feb 2016, at 14:40, Andrew McGlashan
> <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> wrote:
>
> 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
