Mike Cardwell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently had a "need" to get Exim to deliver mail via IMAP. It needed
> to be a direct delivery to a generic IMAP server, into a sub folder,
> creating the folder if necessary, applying permissions to that folder,
> and setting flags on the delivered message.
>
> I created a helper tool called pipe2imap (GPLd) which is compatible with
> Exim's pipe transport interface and created a simple router/transport
> combo like:
>
> imap_router:
> driver = accept
> transport = imap_transport
> no_verify
>
> imap_transport:
> driver = pipe
> user = Debian-exim
> group = mail
> temp_errors = *
> log_defer_output = true
> command = /etc/exim4/pipe2imap.pl \
> –user admin@??? \
> –pass ********** \
> –folder Spam/$local_part \
> –create $local_part=lrs \
> –flags ‘Junk’ ‘\\seen’
>
> It'll talk PLAIN/TLS/SSL IMAP and supports authenticating as a different
> user. Anyway, if anyone is interested in using it, check out:
>
> https://secure.grepular.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/13/accessing-rejected-spam-solution/
>
I'm confused.
The above AND the .pl script on your blog show no signs of making an
off-box connection. They appear to be operating 'cross-box' - i.e. on
the local file system.
What have I missed?
Bill Hacker
