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Posted to server-user@james.apache.org by Jim Janson <jj...@adelphia.net> on 2003/05/02 21:10:46 UTC
Store mail in Maildir repository from Mailet
Hi,
We currently have a SqWebMail/qmail system to provide
web based mail for our users. All mail is accessed using
SqWebMail, i.e. no POP3 access. We would like to
move to using James as our mail server primarily for the Mailet
support. There are some mail processing things we'd like
to do and the Mailet API is a great match.
We have invested some effort into customizing/branding
the SqWebMail interface and would prefer not to have to
replace it in the short term. Eventually, we'll probably replace
it with an IMP based solution. The problem is that SqWebMail
only deals with getting mail from Maildir mailboxes and James
does not currently support this storage format. I know that
James is looking at using JavaMail for it's mail repository in
the V3 timeframe but my needs are more immediate; say 1-2
months.
It occurred to me that I might be able to write a Mailet that
will take local mail and, using JavaMaildir, write the mail into
the appropriate Maildir mailbox. With the mail in the Maildir
mailboxes, SqWebMail users can access it as before.
So, I have a couple questions on this approach. I know it
seems a little quirky but given the contraints, does it make
sense? Has anyone done anything like this before?
Thanks,
Jim
Re: Store mail in Maildir repository from Mailet
Posted by Jim Janson <jj...@adelphia.net>.
Jerome,
Thanks for the suggestion.
I think it is possible to handle this with a cron job but I think that
solution has a couple drawabacks. It would introduce a lag from
mail delivery until it is put into maildir format. It also would be
much more resource intensive since the mail would be stored
twice; once in FileStreamStore file and then in maildir file. After
conversion the FileStreamStore file would have to be deleted.
Jim
>that is perhaps stupid, but as you can already send the mails to a local
>file system what about making a small cronned script that takes the
>files stored in the FileStreamStore files and concatenate them into a
>mbox?
>
>Jerome
>
>On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 21:10, Jim Janson wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>We currently have a SqWebMail/qmail system to provide
>>web based mail for our users. All mail is accessed using
>>SqWebMail, i.e. no POP3 access. We would like to
>>move to using James as our mail server primarily for the Mailet
>>support. There are some mail processing things we'd like
>>to do and the Mailet API is a great match.
>>
>>We have invested some effort into customizing/branding
>>the SqWebMail interface and would prefer not to have to
>>replace it in the short term. Eventually, we'll probably replace
>>it with an IMP based solution. The problem is that SqWebMail
>>only deals with getting mail from Maildir mailboxes and James
>>does not currently support this storage format. I know that
>>James is looking at using JavaMail for it's mail repository in
>>the V3 timeframe but my needs are more immediate; say 1-2
>>months.
>>
>>It occurred to me that I might be able to write a Mailet that
>>will take local mail and, using JavaMaildir, write the mail into
>>the appropriate Maildir mailbox. With the mail in the Maildir
>>mailboxes, SqWebMail users can access it as before.
>>
>>So, I have a couple questions on this approach. I know it
>>seems a little quirky but given the contraints, does it make
>>sense? Has anyone done anything like this before?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>
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Re: Store mail in Maildir repository from Mailet
Posted by "Jerome Lacoste (Frisurf)" <la...@frisurf.no>.
that is perhaps stupid, but as you can already send the mails to a local
file system what about making a small cronned script that takes the
files stored in the FileStreamStore files and concatenate them into a
mbox?
Jerome
On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 21:10, Jim Janson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We currently have a SqWebMail/qmail system to provide
> web based mail for our users. All mail is accessed using
> SqWebMail, i.e. no POP3 access. We would like to
> move to using James as our mail server primarily for the Mailet
> support. There are some mail processing things we'd like
> to do and the Mailet API is a great match.
>
> We have invested some effort into customizing/branding
> the SqWebMail interface and would prefer not to have to
> replace it in the short term. Eventually, we'll probably replace
> it with an IMP based solution. The problem is that SqWebMail
> only deals with getting mail from Maildir mailboxes and James
> does not currently support this storage format. I know that
> James is looking at using JavaMail for it's mail repository in
> the V3 timeframe but my needs are more immediate; say 1-2
> months.
>
> It occurred to me that I might be able to write a Mailet that
> will take local mail and, using JavaMaildir, write the mail into
> the appropriate Maildir mailbox. With the mail in the Maildir
> mailboxes, SqWebMail users can access it as before.
>
> So, I have a couple questions on this approach. I know it
> seems a little quirky but given the contraints, does it make
> sense? Has anyone done anything like this before?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
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