Re: [SM-USERS] Squirrelmail + avelsieve + dovecot: is it possible?

[<ja...@qv...>]

>> Maybe I haven't got the point, but why not just use fetchmail
>> to get the mail from server and filter it using maildrop thru any
>> spamassassin|antivirus filter or rule ?
>
> On the server I cannot install maildrop for the reasons explained in
> my previous message. What I want is:
Forget maildrop, use procmail as a synonym. I don't know many differences=
 in
their processing.
>
> 1) when I read email from squirrelmail, I want to see it displayed
> in different folders (ie I don't really care or need to have it
> *physically* stored in separate mail folders there on the server)
>
That's what procmail may do. Sort em into different physically existing
folders (you've to create them in your IMAP server)

> 2) when I am at home, I want to download with fetchmail ALL the email t=
hat was
>    on the server in my home pc, no matter how it was sorted up there, i=
n
>    how many folders and so on. Once it's there, I can (re)filter it wit=
h
>    procmail etc...
>
yes, you may derict fetchmail only to load a *copy* of the message into S=
M
IMAP server.

> At this point, the real issue basically seems to be:
>
> if I do 19 by setting squirremail+serversidefilter+procmail on the serv=
er
>     to have messages in separate messages when reading email from the w=
eb....
>
> .. can I still do 2)??? My understanding is that fetchmail can only
> download one mailbox (the inbox) per user from a server, and that pop3
> server can only send that inbox to pop3 clients. Is it so? If I'm wrong=
, good
Read more about fetchmail - it's capable of more than that
(http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-features.html).

Live long and prosper
Florian
Squirrelmail patch forum
http://www.qv90.de/sqm