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Author: Davide Minardi
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Subject: Re: [exim] I: Exim4 And outgoing Filters
thx bill , iI have posted that i have edited in my configuration file .... i
try to substitute maildir path ...but i think that it doesn't work, but i
try in a day ... i post with test result ...

;)

BR
----- Original Message -----
From: "W B Hacker" <wbh@???>
To: "exim users" <exim-users@???>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: [exim] I: Exim4 And outgoing Filters


> Davide wrote:
>
>> Bill Says :
>> The 'sent_archive_delivery' transport should store mail in either a
>> common-systemwide, common-source-domain-wide (virtual hosting?), or
>> by-destination-domain structure, depending on your environment and
>> expected
>> manner of analysis/recovery.
>>
>>
>> I want to save mail in a directory in account maildir ... i have only
>> one
>> account ... inside a folder than can I subscribe with an IMAP client and
>> read it .
>>
>
> With just one account, you may be able to do that more easily with the
> IMAP
> client itself. Mozilla Mail, among others, can keep copies of sent traffic
> on
> both the IAMP server and in the local file system.
>
> Now if it is the traffic of *other users* - best check the ToS, contracts,
> and
> law of the land' where you operate, AND where those other users sit.
>
> The archiver code we illustrated was for a Corporate mail server, and
> access is
> not ordinarily available to even their staff.
>
>> How can I set to do this ?
>>
>> BR Razi
>
> If you want to use Exim to manage any sort of 'special' IMAP-visible
> server-side
> folder, then you need only to insure that it creates and fills said
> folder in
> the location the IMAP client will seek it, and with naming convention and
> access
> privileges the IMAP client expects.
>
> Perhaps the best way to start that is to first use your IMAP client to
> create a
> new empty folder with the name you want.
>
> THEN go in on the server, look into the Maildir in question, see what the
> full
> path to that folder is, who 'owns' it, and what file perms exist on it.
>
> That way you have covered any differences between your server's storage
> and
> those of other folks.
>
> Mine might be:
>
> Dovecot ONLY:
>
> /data/mail/conducive.org/wbh/Maildir/.Special
>
> Dovecot OR Courier-IMAP:
>
> /data/mail/conducive.org/wbh/Maildir/.INBOX.Special
>
> I am not current on Cyrus-IMAP storage...
>
> Whatever is working, now take that identical path and use it for the
> line in your special transport that starts with: 'directory = '
>
> The rest - file privileges, user, group - shoudl be that same as whatever
> is
> *working* for you other mail deliveries.
>
> Variables or lookups, if needed, work the same as for any other delivery,
> but
> with just one user, you can probably just hard-code the path. SO LONG AS
> the
> calling router is picking up only what you want it to pick up.
>
> HTH,
>
> Bill
>
> PS: Anyone thinking to keep an (unauthorized) eye on mail of family
> members,
> lady friends, co-workers, or the Boss, should expect serious legal
> problems, if
> not worse. Same goes for simply reading their Maildirs on the server.
>
> Running a server or being a mailadmin does not magically convey legal
> immunity,
> nor does it make you 'invisible', bullet-proof, or resistant to a sound
> thrashing, verbal or physical.
>
> Server admins must cultivate discretion, even 'selective blindness', at
> least
> until served with a court order.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>>
>> -----Messaggio originale-----
>> Da: exim-users-bounces@??? [mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] Per
>> conto di W B Hacker
>> Inviato: martedì 29 agosto 2006 1.42
>> A: exim-users@???
>> Oggetto: Re: [exim] Exim4 And outgoing Filters
>>
>> Davide Minardi wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi, I have debian sarge installed . I have installed Exim 4 as outgoing
>>
>> mail server and incoming by fetchmail.
>>
>>>I want to save, for backup event, outgoing message in a Maildir subfolder
>>
>> named "backup" . I connect on my server with IMAP Client (courier-imap is
>> server side) .
>>
>>>When i send a message from another host in my LAN, Exim4 shuold be save
>>
>> outgoing mail in a subfolder. I have read on Internet that is possible. I
>> must write a filter rules but ...how and where ?
>>
>>>Any ideas ?
>>>
>>>Best regards ...
>>>
>>>Raziel
>>
>>
>> No filter needed. Use 'unseen' to chain two routers:
>>
>> This works:
>>
>> The routers:
>>
>> =====================
>>
>> # Route 2_C normal remote DNS lookup
>> #
>> dnslookup:
>> driver = dnslookup
>> domains = ! +local_domains
>> transport = remote_smtp
>> ignore_target_hosts = 0.0.0.0 : 127.0.0.0/8
>> unseen
>>
>> # ROUTE_2D REMOTE: archiving of outbound traffic.
>> #
>> sentarchiver:
>> driver = dnslookup
>> domains = ! +local_domains ### Note - this is optional...
>> transport = sent_archive_delivery
>> ignore_target_hosts = 0.0.0.0 : 127.0.0.0/8
>>
>> =====================
>>
>> The remote_smtp transport is default/'conventional.
>>
>> The 'sent_archive_delivery' transport should store mail in either a
>> common-systemwide, common-source-domain-wide (virtual hosting?), or
>> by-destination-domain structure, depending on your environment and
>> expected
>> manner of analysis/recovery.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>
>>
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