On 04 May 2021, at 14:35, Marvin Renich <m...@renich.org> wrote: > * Bill Cole <postfixlists-070...@billmail.scconsult.com> [210504 15:12]: >> On 2021-05-04 at 14:55:29 UTC-0400 (Tue, 04 May 2021 14:55:29 -0400) >> <post...@ptld.com> is rumored to have said:
>>> For sorting incoming mail into different maildir folders, i know general >>> advice is to have postfix deliver to dovecot instead of maildir, and use >>> dovecot sieve to deliver the mail into a user's sub-folder. >>> >>> Is there anyway within postfix (or policy service) to deliver to a >>> user's maildir sub-folder (based on from address) without relying on >>> dovecot? >> >> Postfix only knows how to deliver to the top level of a Maildir directory >> (i.e. a properly named file in ~/Maildir/new/, if home_mailbox=Maildir/) and >> does not have any knowledge of how the IMAP mailboxes might be laid out, >> which can vary substantially. Yep, this is why you use an LDA. >> An alternative to using the Dovecot LDA or LMTP is an old, reliable, >> unmaintained, and probably full of security holes tool: procmail. Procmail haș several known issues and it is unlikely it will ever be fixed. Sieve is a standard and dovecot works well with sieve, so probably the best choice. > I use maildrop, which is part of Courier and appears to be actively > developed and maintained. I think it is a better replacement for > procmail (though not a drop-in replacement; the filter language is > different). I should brush up on it, the last time I looked at it (many years ago) I seem to recall that it was quite limited and there were many things I did in proemial that I could not do with mail drop, though I don't remember any of them now. I'm sure it's changed in the last 15-20 years though, as have my needs. I have sieve doing MOST of what I want. -- Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
