From: <ja...@qv...> - 2006-08-19 13:48:33
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>> That's what procmail may do. Sort em into different physically >> existing folders (you've to create them in your IMAP server) > > OK, I'll do it like that, since I can simply patch and upload, just > once, the relevant parts of the .procmailrc file I have in the home > PC. > > Just one question: do these extra folders need to follow some special > naming/format convention to be seen immediately the next time I log > into squirrelmail? > Just create folder im SM, install serverside filter plugin and then you'v= e a new option in option menue where you can define the rules for "sorting" i= n the mails . > I have discovered only today the -r option of fetchmail, which seem to > do just what I need: download the content of *all* the folders listed > after it from an IMAP server. I guess I had missed it because until > today I've never needed (or had the possibility to use) IMAP. So, if > it does what it says, and Squirrelmail can see extra IMAP folders, I'm > all set, without serversidefilters or anything like that. > Okay, probably a misunderstanding. I've setup fetchmail as a daemon and build the configuration file /etc/fetchmailrc. I don't use fetchmail for sorting, so no experiences ab= out that. My fetchmail is set up to deliver the mail to ja...@qv... locally. = This name is known by MTA (postfix). Fetchmail does not modify message (no cha= nges to "TO:" field). As a result, all messages arrives in my SM INBOX unmodif= ied. (first Step) Then I installed serversidefilter and defined a couple of rules in SM's o= ption menue. The next messages arriving will then automatically been sorted by procmail according to the defined rules by serversidefilter... (secod Ste= p) Keep fetchmail option "-k" (keep) in mind, if you want to download your m= ails to SM's IMAP server and create another copy at home in your local mail program. Live long and prosper Florian Squirrelmail patch forum http://www.qv90.de/sqm |