Sieve bytecode vs plaintext configuration files

[Thomas Robers]

emdeex schrieb:
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> 
> Is it that I can't just write plaintext .sieve files, that they have
> to be bytecode?  If so, how can I do this without sieveshell?

I don't really know, if plain text sieve files can still be used or not, but to
make bytecode out of the plain text sieve files you can use the program
sievec:

root at imap:~ # sievec
Syntax: sievec [-C <altconfig>] <filename> <outputfile>

HTH Thomas