Re: [courier-users] Mail event notifications

Greg Cawthorn wrote:
> Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>
>> Greg Cawthorn writes:
>>
>>> Does Courier provide a mechanism for providing mail store event
>>> notifications to third party software via something like HTTP or a
>>> web service call? I need to detect new mail and changes to existing
>>> message flags (messages being seen or deleted) in a mail-based
>>> application but am keen to avoid having to poll mailboxes since this
>>> would need to scale to a large user base.
>>>
>>> If this doesn't exist is there an API to write a plug-in for Courier
>>> to perform this functionality?
>>
>>
>>
>> The closest would be the IMAP IDLE command, with FAM enabled on the
>> server. With FAM enabled, and an outstanding IDLE command from the
>> client, the IMAP client will be notified immediately about any change
>> in status of the currently open folder.
>>
>> See the IMAP specification, and Courier's installation notes regarding
>> both subjects.
>>
>
> We have a messaging application that would need to support notification
> for tens or possibly hundreds of thousands of mailboxes, and we would
> therefore like to avoid having to have an IMAP connection open for each
> mailbox. Is there a way with Courier for us to build a server agent that
> receives triggers for new mail and similar events, which could then fire
> off a notification to our application?

Have you looked at maildrop at all? What exactly are you trying to do?
a little more detail of what you actually want to accomplish might help
us in recommending the right solution for you.

Jay
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Jay Lee
Network / Systems Administrator
Information Technology Dept.
Philadelphia Biblical University
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