On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:42 PM, james <james@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm not terribly familiar with IMAP, so please forgive any > lack of understanding here. > > I would like to be able to implement rules/filters for > incoming mail, such as can be done in Outlook and other > MUA's. Incoming (new) mail is sorted into folders based on > criteria met in the header (from, to, subject, etc.). > > A friend suggested this is done on the IMAP server, but I've > seen mention of doing it from within Squirrelmail at a > university. I would think a plugin would offer this > functionality, but I can't find any that seem to provide it > in the plugin links on squirrelmail.org. > > If it is done on the IMAP side, I'd prefer it be something > web-based and user accessible. I'm presently using uw-imapd, > but it's been suggested I might want to use dovecot since uw > is pretty basic. You should if at all possible do it in the MTA (at delivery, not in the IMAP server). There are several SM plugins that serve as front ends for such software - see the "Filters & Spam" category for the plugins on the SM site. If you really think your only option is doing it in PHP inside SM, enable the "filters" plugin that comes with SM. Expect performance issues on any large mailboxes if you use this plugin. > Anyone ever tackle this functionality before? Yes, thousands of people have. If you look through the mailing list archives for SM or most any other mail-related community, you'll find plenty of information about it, such as: http://www.squirrelmail.org/docs/admin/admin-6.html#ss6.5 > The installation details are: > Squirrelmail v1.4.9a > No plugins yet > PHP v4.4.4-8+etch6 (from Debian packages) > Apache v2.2.3 > UW-IMAPd v1-13.1 on separate server > Exim4 v4.63-17 on separate server > All servers running Debian Linux 2.6.18-6-686 > All software installed using Debian apt-get packages from > Debian mirrors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
