-----Messaggio originale----- Da: Alain Spineux [mailto:aspineux@xxxxxxxxx] Inviato: giovedì 27 settembre 2007 19.41 A: Toschi Pietro Cc: info-cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Oggetto: Re: R: question from a beginner On 9/27/07, Toschi Pietro <Pietro.Toschi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for your answer, but I posted my question here because it's related to how to make that using cyrus: unfortunately I would like to monitor all the mailboxes (or at least a large subset of them) of my server, so writing a client application that polls every mailbox is not admitted (I don't have user passwords indeed!) The cyrus user can access all mailbox with his credential like if they are sub-folders. cyradm is a simple imap client (written in perl), and when you do a "listmailbox" it just use the imap LIST command. [Toschi Pietro] yes, I tested that feature, but it still requires that I write a client application that polls EVERY mailbox and I'm going to have thousands of boxes. > I figured there is a way of hookig those events at server processes level, and manage the way you like, more or less like those application that notify you with a SMS message when you receive a new message in you mailbox (it's not my case nor may goal, but it's a very similar case) or the way that a milter application hooks to sendmail for messages pipeline management. Maybe someone else will answer this way. But APPEND and DELETE are 2 unusual events for monitoring application. [Toschi Pietro] I agree, but it's a customer requirement. [Toschi Pietro] For example, our previous imap server, Sun Messenger, currently features an Event Notification System (http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6418-10/introens.html#18902) that's similar to what I'm looking for. > Thanks > Pietro > > > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Alain Spineux [mailto:aspineux@xxxxxxxxx] > Inviato: giovedì 27 settembre 2007 19.12 > A: Toschi Pietro > Cc: info-cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Oggetto: Re: question from a beginner > > On 9/27/07, Toschi Pietro <Pietro.Toschi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello list > > > > I'm a beginner in cyrus imapd and mailing in general so I am quite confused. > > > > I'm wandering which is the best method or best practice to have an external > > process informed about a message being: > > > > a) delivered into mailbox by MTA (via LMTP), and > > > > b) deleted from mailbox (usually by MUA via IMAP), and > > > > c) appended or copied to mailbox (usually by MUA via IMAP) > > > > I suspect that SIEVE and/or notifyd may do that job. Is that Right? Are > > there other solutions? > > I dont thing sieve and notify will handle delete and append ! > > Write a script in python, perl, php (they have all 3 good imap > support) to monitor the mailbox. > Imap protocol is very powerfull, and if you just connect to an account > and select a folder, > the server can notify you about some (depend of the server) changes in > the folder. > This is not a mandatory feature, just a posibility of the protocol, > that some imap server provide. > I dont thing named above library don't handle this kind of callback, > and then you should > regularly check yourself for change in the forlder. > If you want more support about imap protocol you should post your > request on imap-protocol mailing list. > > Regards > > > > > > > > > I am using Cyrus 2.3.9 with sendmail > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Pietro > > ---- > > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > > List Archives/Info: > > http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > > > > > -- > Alain Spineux > aspineux gmail com > May the sources be with you > -- Alain Spineux aspineux gmail com May the sources be with you ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
