more than one Sieve autoreply per day?

[Ken Murchison]

Phil Durbin wrote:
> My HR department is having a problem with their Sieve script.  They want 
> job applicants to receive an autoreply *every time* someone emails 
> apply-hr at berklee.edu.  Right now applicants are sometimes confused 
> because they receive a reply for the first job they apply for, but if 
> they apply for a second job on the same day they don't get a reply.  
> Some worried applicants call to make sure their second or third 
> applications were received.
> 
> I think I understand the reason for this behavior (the Sieve behavior 
> that is, not the job applicants').  According to the "Days Parameter" 
> section of 
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-sieve-vacation-06.txt our 
> site-defined minimum value for the "days" argument must be greater than 
> 0.  So a minimum of 1 day must go by before the same email address 
> receives the autoreply.
> 
> Am I reading this right?  Is there a way to make my Cyrus IMAP 2.2.12 
> server send an autoreply every time someone emails apply-hr at berklee.edu?

Not using vacation.  Its designed specifically so that people don't get 
multiple replies within :days period.  There has been talk of an 
'autoreply' extension to Sieve, but its never gone anywhere.

Hmm.  Actually, vacation responses are per-sender, per-vacation text. 
If you had different vacation text for each job listing, then people 
would get a response for each.

-- 
Kenneth Murchison
Systems Programmer
Project Cyrus Developer/Maintainer
Carnegie Mellon University