Sieve works, but file into can't find the directory.

Ken Murchison ken at oceana.com
Tue Aug 12 23:40:14 EDT 2003



Jon Mercer wrote:

> OK, scratch this thread. Correct answer is:
> 
> fileinto "user/hostadmin/backup";
> 
> or even:
> 
> fileinto "user/hostadmin/backups";

Assuming this is hostadmin's script, then "backups" is the correct answer.


> 
> if that's what you called the folder. What's an 's' between friends?
> 
> Panic over. Bedtime.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jon
> 
> Jon Mercer wrote:
> 
>> Folks,
>>
>> I've got a problem specifying the fileinto line in my sieve scripts. 
>> I'm using:
>>
>>     unixhierarchysep: yes
>>     altnamespace: yes
>>     userprefix: user
>>     sharedprefix: shared
>>
>> in imapd.conf. Users have been created in cyradm with:
>>
>>     cm user.hostadmin
>>
>> with subdirs created within Mozilla-Mail. The sieve script looks like 
>> this:
>>
>>     require "fileinto";
>>             if header :contains "Subject" "AMANDA" {
>>                     fileinto "user/hostadmin/backup";}
>>             if header :contains "To" "root at host.com" {
>>                     fileinto "user/hostadmin/achilles";}
>>             if header :contains "To" "root at host.com" {
>>                     fileinto "user/hostadmin/ajax";}
>>             if header :contains "To" "root at host.com" {
>>                     fileinto "user/hostadmin/menelaus";}
>>
>> the file into line has been through every permutation I can think of, 
>> e.g.:
>>
>>     fileinto "INBOX.backup";
>>     fileinto "user.hostadmin.backup";
>>     fileinto "hostadmin.backup";
>>     fileinto "backup";
>>     fileinto "INBOX/backup";
>>     fileinto "user/hostadmin/backup";
>>     fileinto "hostadmin/backup"
>>
>> Nothing seems to be catching the mails, and they end up in the inbox.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong? As a side note, I've also tried addressing 
>> mails to hostadmin+backup at host.com, and this isn't working either.
>>
>> 'Nuff headbanging for now, any help gratefully received.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
> 

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