dovecot - Jan 2010 - How can I configure dovecot as gmail imap proxy

Hi,

I want to configure dovecot as gmail imap proxy. If any system in my network
wants to connect to imap.gmail.com,993 it has to go through the dovecot
proxy.

Is it possible to setup such environment with dovecot? If yes, can you
please
help me to configure my dovecot server.

Warm Regards

Supratik

Supratik Goswami <supratiksekhar at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I want to configure dovecot as gmail imap proxy. If any system in my
network
> wants to connect to imap.gmail.com,993 it has to go through the dovecot
> proxy.
>
> Is it possible to setup such environment with dovecot? If yes, can you
> please
> help me to configure my dovecot server.
Have you considered using fetchmail to fetch new messages from gmail to
local IMAP/dovecot folder(s)? [ I use such configuration ]

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On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 12:07 +0530, Supratik Goswami
wrote:
> I want to configure dovecot as gmail imap proxy. If any system in my
network
> wants to connect to imap.gmail.com,993 it has to go through the dovecot
> proxy.
> 
> Is it possible to setup such environment with dovecot? If yes, can you
> please
> help me to configure my dovecot server.
I don't understand. What would the proxy do?

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Here the proxy server should authenticate the user. If the user is in the
list of
authenticated users then dovecot will allow to connect to imap.gmail.com.

Consider a scenario where a client tries to read his mailbox from
imap.gmail.com:993.
Client executes the command "mutt -f imaps://imap.gmail.com",  the
request
is first
authenticated at the proxy server. If the request is coming from a valid
user, dovecot
will allow to connect to imap.gmail.com and fetch mails for that user.

Can you please help me with the steps to configure the server.

Warm Regards

Supratik