On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Greg A. Woods wrote: > At Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:36:24 +0200, Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Subject: Exec'ing a script from Cyrus when imapd has a client >> >> I have a small install with cyrus-imapd 2.3.14, which reads some of its >> mails with fetchmail. To limit the delay in mail delivery, fetchmail >> awakes each minute to get mails. >> What I would like is let fetchmail do that only when there's a client >> actually reading its mails, i.e. an MUA actually connected to imapd. > > I don't get it. Are you saying you are using fetchmail to inject > messages into a locally running Cyrus install which you then connect to > with a locally running IMAP MUA? I think what he is saying is that he does not have a MTA. he uses fetchmail to download mail from elsewhere and put it in cyrus. currently he crons fetchmail to run once a min so that when people are logged in they see new mail with low latencies. however, if nobody is logged in to Cyrus, this is a waste of time, and he would be better off running fetchmail less frequently (or not at all). so he is asking if there is a way to tell if anyone is connected to Cyrus or not, so that if not he can skip the fetchmail run. David Lang > Maybe you should just eliminate fetchmail from the picture and then see > if things make more sense. Just point your MUA at the originating IMAP > server and eliminate everything in between. > > If you're using an IMAP capable client, and you're using IMAP to read > your e-mail, then you don't need or want fetchmail -- it's just a rather > nasty old hack for the days before IMAP. Personally I think the last > usable copy of fetchmail should be archived away on an ancient 9-track > magnetic tape reel and put behind a little glass door which has "Break > glass in case of emergency" written on it. Everything is ever so much > easier and simpler if you can just eliminate all the unnecessary > complexities, such as fetchmail. > > (if you want to keep a copy of your messages on your local machine, then > you can and should probably just use your MUA to do that) > > ---- 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
