cyrus and global filtering

[Phil Chambers]

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:57:44 +0700 (ICT) Johannes Egger <cyrus at tigerlair.net> 
wrote:

> Dear list,
> 
> I run cyrus 2.1.18 and postfix 2.1.5 on a linux debian box, 2.6.8 kernel.
> I use cyrdeliver as a delivery agent for postfix, procmail is not involved.
> 
> I am wondering whther it is possible to use global filtering scripts with cyrus,
> similar to
> /etc/procmailrc.
> 
> The reason I ask - maybe there are other ways to do this - is that I would like to
> filter mails
> tagged as spam by spamassassin into a user's "spam" folder, with a minimum of
> maintenance (e.g.
> I'd like to automatically create the folder and subscribe the user to it).
> 
> I have been told and read on the web that sieve scripts only work on a per-user
> basis. My users
> use the squirrelmail "avelsieve" plugin to modify filtering rules.
> 
> I have considered solving the problem using "plus addressing", e.g.
> "user+spam at domain" but so far
> I have not been successful.
> 
> Any help?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Johannes

I use "plus addressing", but with LMTP instead of deliver, so perhaps that's 
why it works for me and not for you. (I also use Exim, not postfix.)

Phil.
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Phil Chambers (postmaster at exeter.ac.uk)
University of Exeter