Timo, Wow..very strange on the linefeeds.
I implemented your suggestion with no problems easy enough. Thanks for chiming in, I just didn't want to reinvent the wheel if it already existed. Regards, Tony -----Original Message----- From: dovecot-bounces+tony=bluetie....@dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces+tony=bluetie....@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Timo Sirainen Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:47 AM To: Tony Rutherford Cc: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Retrieve Physical Message Filename On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 09:23 -0500, Tony Rutherford wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I won't be changing any files, or even accessing them, > i'll simply be passing the filename along to "another system". I'm not > allowed to change this other system or any of its interfaces. The other > system has been in place and is "off limits" as far as changes go (I'm told). > To make it simple, this other system needs to be notified of any flag changes > on emails. So, when we detect a flag change (in our plugin), we need to pass > the message filename along to this other system. I hope this makes > sense...and again...i'm not justifying the need for it, but I have to play > the hand i'm dealt....Tony RutherfordSoftware EngineerBlueTie > inc.arutherf...@bluetie.com(585) 586-2000 x1040-----Original > Message-----From: "Timo Sirainen" [...@iki.fi]date: 12/29/2009 04:02 PMTo: > "Tony Rutherford" CC: dove...@dovecot.orgsubject: Re: [Dovecot] Retrieve > Physical Message FilenameOn Tue, 2009-12-29 at 15:50 -0500, Tony Rutherford > wrote: > Hi,Using Dovecot 1.2.9 with Maildir and Layout=FS.In a plugin, i'm > > overriding "update_flags":void my_mail_update_flags(struct mail > *_mail, > enum modify_type modify_type, enum mail_flags flags)For this > email which is > having its flags updated, I need to retrieve the > physical filename of the > message. I see where > using:mail_get_special(_mail, > MAIL_FETCH_UIDL_FILE_NAME, &fname);...I > can retrieve part of the filename, > but without the ":2" and the flags > part.Is there a method I can use to get > the whole filename (without > having to reassemble it myself). I've looked > around, and I'm guessing > it exists, but I don't see it offhand. The > problem is that by the time you're trying to access the file, its flags may > have already changed, which also means its filename could have changed. So > even if you got it, your code would probably randomly fail. What exactly are > you going to do with the filename? Maybe you should instead be opening the > file with mail_get_stream() and doing something with the fd. Something's really screwed up in your linefeeds. That whole thing shows up in a single line. Anyway, there's really no good way to get the current filename. I think the best way to handle it would be to just generate the flags and add them to the base filename.
