Re: [exim] pipe2imap.pl

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Author: W B Hacker
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To: exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] pipe2imap.pl
Graeme Fowler wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 05:24 +0800, W B Hacker wrote:
>> I'm confused.
>
> I'm holding my tongue ;-)
>
>> 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?
>
> --host ip.address       : Defaults to 127.0.0.1
> --port port             : Defaults to 143 or 993 depending on ssl/tls

>
> So the script can connect to localhost (which it does by default) or can
> connect to a remote server. The *script* itself lives locally, but the
> IMAP server need not.
>
> Graeme
>
>


Ah, OK.

We do something similar w/r creating/adding to IMAP folders, but as
ordinary router/transport mailstore calls to local fs ELSE nfs mounts or
duplicate delivery over smtp for the warm-standby box.

- ergo didn't grok the need for adding the .pl script.

Thanks,

Bill