> On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 10:37 +0100, Wolfgang Hennerbichler wrote: >> Hi, >> I'd like to write a custom notification system (using xmmp or >> something like that, I don't know yet :)) for cyrus. > > +1, same here. > >> I've had a look at the notify_unix/simple_notify - file in the >> contrib-directory. It doesn't seem to work in my installation (the >> script doesn't log any notifications, although notifyd does for >> example notify zephyr, which works), or maybe I don't understand the >> concept of notifications. So I'd like to ask a couple of questions: > > I believe notifications have to be pushed by SIEVE. At least that is > what I recall from the last time I looked at it [quite some time ago]. > >> * does anybody have custom notifications up and running by reading the >> notification-socket of cyrus? > > Not me. I've tried. The documentation is beyond "thin". > >> * does notifyd need to be running in order to make the notify-socket >> readable, or is the notify-socket filled by the cyrus-master process? > > The socket won't exist unless the notify server is defined. > >> * where would I find instructions on that? > > There is very little beyond the man page and the one perl script you > found. Despite the new feature in 2.4 (which I didn't know before) I've included my notify_sms patch into the RPM and IIRC it has even worked when I tested it :) It can be used to notify using any kind of script and it even comes with a README. Maybe I should remove it now that 2.4 seems to have builtin functionality for it. Simon ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/
