sieveshell uses global sieve folder when auth'ing as cyrus

Kenneth Marshall ktm at rice.edu
Fri Dec 10 10:45:55 EST 2010


On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 04:33:43PM +0100, Stefan Jurisch wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 03:00:31PM +0000, Dan White wrote:
> > It sounds like you are authenticating or proxying as an admin, which
> > would                                                                                                              
> > explain what you're seeing.
> > [...]
> > Try this in imapd.conf:
> > 
> > sieve_sasl_mech_list: digest-md5 external gssapi plain srp
> 
> Okay, I didn't know an option like 'sieve_sasl_mech_list' yet.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 03:08:51PM +0000, Kenneth Marshall wrote:
> > We had this problem and it was caused by being in the sieve_admins
> > list in the imapd.conf file on the same server as your actual                                                                                                                           
> > mailbox. Removing your account from the sieve_admins list and
> > putting it on the sieve_proxyservers list fixed the problem and
> > allowed it to work as we (and you) expected.
> 
> It seems there are many options that I did (and do) not know yet. There
> is no option 'sieve_admins' in my configuration, neither the
> 'sieve_proxyservers' one. But I added the second one.
> 
> I'll give both of your ideas a try, but I can't restart the productive
> server during our worktimes, so I can report the result recently
> tomorrow.
> 
> Best regards
> Stefan
> 

Hi Stefan,

The sieve options take effect the next time the sieve program is
started, i.e. immediately. You can test them now.

Cheers,
Ken


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