On 9/8/2009 2:59 PM, Leonardo Rodrigues wrote:
Hi, I was recently playing with dovecot plugins, and one of them caught my attention: zlib. This plugin allows dovecot imap4/pop3 modules to deal with gzipped messages on Maildir+ boxes ... files are stored in compressed format and users can normally check them through IMAP4/POP3, decompression is on-the-fly and users doesnt notice anything.
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Anyway, as i dont use dovecot delivery agent because postfix virtual delivery agent really fits my needs .... i would like to propose a feature request here, the on-the-fly compression on virtual delivery agent, which would be a perfect match for dovecot zlib module i described.
The postfix virtual delivery agent is intentionally bare-bones. Any new feature discussed would need to be compelling and widely usable; compressed maildir support is neither.
The right place for this feature is the dovecot deliver program, not postfix virtual.
-- Noel Jones
