I didn't actually write code to create Maildir files from scratch, technically. I used 15-20 lines of Python to do that and to actually fetch the mail in addition...
Mailbox consolidation isn't the only thing which this project I'm working on requires, but it's a big part of it. :) Anyway, I really appreciate all the advice and help! ________________________________ From: Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> To: dovecot@dovecot.org Sent: Thu, October 25, 2012 2:02:10 PM Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Creating Maildir and populating with emails via external Python process On 10/25/2012 2:13 PM, Bradley Rintoul wrote: > Let's say someone has an account with Yahoo, for example. My Python code is > > fetching email from the user's Yahoo! account and placing it into the > Dovecot > Maildir storage for a particular user. Now when the user retrieves their >mail, > > they are doing so using my Dovecot - my Dovecot instance is acting as a > proxy, > > of sorts... There are already a gazillion email services that do mailbox consolidation--the term for what you're attempting. Why are you reinventing the wheel? Must be a family and the dog project... A quick browse of your Wordpress blog confirms such. It also explains why you wrote code to create maildir files from scratch. Only a programmer assumes that the first path to a solution is to write new code. A system administrator on the other hand, most of us here, Google's for suitable FOSS, then looks in his distro repos for it, and builds from source if a package isn't available. We only script when out of Elmer's and duct tape. ;) -- Stan