I had thought of that but I don't control the user and how they connect
to my mail system.  Perhaps if you give me more information about
rolling my own, I could better answer.  Do you mean create my own SMTP
server that they connect to to send the message?

Thank you

On 04/23/2014 03:00 PM, furface wrote:
> Jeff, is it a requirement that the message gets sent via smtp?  If not
> you might consider rolling your own messaging system + database back
> end.  In my experience you end up paying for all the overhead that
> comes with trying to morph systems into other systems that aren't
> closely related.
>
> Just and idea.
>
>
> On 4/23/2014 11:04 AM, jeffrey starin wrote:
>>
>> Good question what am I doing with them?
>>
>> The project calls for triggering other database/shell script
>> functions  based upon the 1) content of subject line and 2) GPS data
>> contained in image (smartphones embed GPS data in images snapped with
>> them).. Think of it as a poor mans input form but the user instead of
>> filling out a form sends a message. The message contains the data the
>> project needs to capture for the record for that email address.
>>
>> Once I extract image/subject from email DBMail has no further
>> function for that email address. 
>>
>> Actually pretty simple don't over think it. I just need to extract data.
>>
>> ______________________________
>> sent from a portable device please pardon the brevity and grammatical
>> errors.
>>
>> On Apr 23, 2014 1:37 PM, "furface" <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>     I believe that messages are put together in a rather complex
>>     structure of attachments, headers, & body.  I replied previously
>>     on the subject, but I have to admit I know very little about it.
>>
>>     I think it's called "mime chunking" or "single instance storage."
>>
>>     
>> http://dbmail.10918.n7.nabble.com/Newbie-Question-single-instance-store-for-attachmens-td13048.html
>>
>>
>>     As for my question about root level access, I believe a more
>>     serious problem is that there is nothing in the IMAP protocol
>>     that allows for cross user searching & manipulation.  Am I
>>     wrong?  Does DBMail provide for this?
>>
>>     Jeff, if people aren't reading or sending messages, what are you
>>     doing with your messages if you don't mind my asking?
>>
>>     Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 4/23/2014 10:18 AM, jeffrey starin wrote:
>>>
>>>     Maybe I have a fundamental misunderstanding about DBMail. Are
>>>     the individual message parts, I.e. subject body email address
>>>     saved in a mysql record with fields for each part?  The
>>>     intention in this project is not to use DBMail/iredmail as an
>>>     email messaging platform but as a data store only. People will
>>>     not be reading or sending email via this particular setup. The
>>>     content of sujbect and attached image trigger events only. No
>>>     bi-directional messaging at all.
>>>
>>>     Thanks
>>>
>>>     ______________________________
>>>     sent from a portable device please pardon the brevity and
>>>     grammatical errors.
>>>
>>>     On Apr 23, 2014 1:09 PM, "furface" <[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Most useful queries and updates involve root access, and
>>>         client level IMAP root access is a serious security problem.
>>>          Is it even possible in DBmail?  How would you do global
>>>         queries over the entire data set for all users?
>>>
>>>         A lesser problem is that a lot of people find IMAP quite an
>>>         ugly language for data queries, but I suppose it can be
>>>         solved by wrapping in some sort of API.  My gut tells me
>>>         that having low level access to sql is always going to be
>>>         more efficient and easier to code, but perhaps not for
>>>         DBMail's data structure.
>>>
>>>         >>sure, it is do-able but it is pretty dumb use
>>>         imap-libraries and fetch the recostructed message with them
>>>         that is a standarized >>protocol, the low-level storage of a
>>>         de-duplicating mailserver is usually not your businesss
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