Re: [Dovecot] "Maintenance instance"

On 24.10.2010, at 18.46, Michael M. Slusarz wrote: >>> Wouldn't a client that keeps local copies of all IMAP boxes then >>> synchronize to that canned state, i.e., delete all locally cached >>> mails? >> >> I'm pretty sure they will. I'm not aware of any good way to handle >> this, other than ALE

Re: [Dovecot] "Maintenance instance"

Quoting Timo Sirainen : On 24.10.2010, at 11.36, Edgar Fuß wrote: and gives any user logging in a canned mail (e.g. "We're doing maintenance, go away") Wouldn't a client that keeps local copies of all IMAP boxes then synchronize to that canned state, i.e., delete all locally cached mails? I

Re: [Dovecot] "Maintenance instance"

* Timo Sirainen : > On 24.10.2010, at 11.36, Edgar Fuß wrote: > > >> and gives any user logging in a canned mail > >> (e.g. "We're doing maintenance, go away") > > Wouldn't a client that keeps local copies of all IMAP boxes then > > synchronize to that canned state, i.e., delete all locally cache

Re: [Dovecot] "Maintenance instance"

On 24.10.2010, at 11.36, Edgar Fuß wrote: >> and gives any user logging in a canned mail >> (e.g. "We're doing maintenance, go away") > Wouldn't a client that keeps local copies of all IMAP boxes then synchronize > to that canned state, i.e., delete all locally cached mails? I'm pretty sure they

Re: [Dovecot] "Maintenance instance"

* Ralf Hildebrandt : > * Patrick Ben Koetter : > > * Edgar Fuß : > > > > and gives any user logging in a canned mail > > > > (e.g. "We're doing maintenance, go away") > > > Wouldn't a client that keeps local copies of all IMAP boxes then > > > synchronize > > > to that canned state, i.e., delete a

Re: [Dovecot] "Maintenance instance"

* Patrick Ben Koetter : > * Edgar Fuß : > > > and gives any user logging in a canned mail > > > (e.g. "We're doing maintenance, go away") > > Wouldn't a client that keeps local copies of all IMAP boxes then synchronize > > to that canned state, i.e., delete all locally cached mails? > > See "Alert

Re: [Dovecot] "Maintenance instance"

* Edgar Fuß : > > and gives any user logging in a canned mail > > (e.g. "We're doing maintenance, go away") > Wouldn't a client that keeps local copies of all IMAP boxes then > synchronize to that canned state, i.e., delete all locally cached > mails? Well, I don't know. Some clients see the abse

Re: [Dovecot] "Maintenance instance"

* Edgar Fuß : > > and gives any user logging in a canned mail > > (e.g. "We're doing maintenance, go away") > Wouldn't a client that keeps local copies of all IMAP boxes then synchronize > to that canned state, i.e., delete all locally cached mails? See "Alerts" in

Re: [Dovecot] "Maintenance instance"

> and gives any user logging in a canned mail > (e.g. "We're doing maintenance, go away") Wouldn't a client that keeps local copies of all IMAP boxes then synchronize to that canned state, i.e., delete all locally cached mails?

[Dovecot] "Maintenance instance"

Does any of you have a "Maintenance instance" of dovecot? Something that will accept any user/pass combination (and thus doesn't make MUAs fail in utter unforeseen ways), and gives any user logging in a canned mail (e.g. "We're doing maintenance, go away") -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich I