[H-GEN] Sieve filters

[Harry Phillips]

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Sarah Walters wrote:
>>
>>Does anyone have any experience using sieve filters? Any documentation? 
>>any examples?
> 
> 
> Anyone running cyrus-imapd will have sieve installed. Here is a really
> basic example that does work, I used it while testing.
> 
> <code>
> require "fileinto";
> 
> if header :contains "Subject" "testing123" {
>         fileinto "INBOX.SPAM";
> }
> </code>
> 
> In my case, this is a .sieve file in my homedirectory.
> 
> More examples are here:
> 
> http://www.cyrusoft.com/sieve/#scripts
> 

That was the only place I found that had sieve example filters. Problem 
is the rules given don't solve the 'Apply next rule to mail' and 'Keep a 
copy in the INBOX' problem.

I have a catchall account. The Bynari server then collects that mail 
(using fetchmail). I want the account it passes it to to do some 
sorting. Easy enough, until you get a single piece of mail sent to two 
(or more) addresses.

The first user it matches will get a copy the second user (and any 
others) won't and none of it gets kept in the INBOX.

In procmail I would simply use rules such as:

:0c
* ^TO_user1@
! user1 at localhost

:0c
* ^TO_user2@
! user2 at localhost

If all the rules start with :0c
1. The mail will hit all the rules
2. All the users that it is addressed to will receive a copy, and
3. It will fall out bottom into the INBOX.

I have logged a ticket with Bynari asking them, surely they must know 
what filter rules thier web form generator is attempting to produce (but 
fails to).

-- 
Regards,
Harry Phillips
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     it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.


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