dovecot_deleted_to_trash

Purpose

The purpose of this deleted_to_trash-plugin is to fix behavior with IMAP clients (like outlook) that don't work well with dovecot, specifically not copying deleted email to your Trash folder automatically. So, what this plugin does is fixing this behavior by copying deleted items to the Trash folder. The plugin needs to tell the difference between "move" and "delete" actions on the client side, since both actions mark the original email as deleted. For a "move" case, we don't copy the email to the trash folder.

Installation

Download the sourcecode.

Edit the Makefile to match your environment:

# Dovecot's header directory
DOVECOT_INC_PATH = /usr/include/dovecot
# Dovecot's IMAP plugin path
DOVECOT_IMAP_PLUGIN_PATH = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules

Run:

make
sudo make install

Configuration

Edit the 95-deleted_to_trash_plugin.conf file and run:

sudo make configure

Restart Dovecot, and that's all.