Sieve script not working

[Michael Menge]

Hi


Quoting Willem Offermans <Willem at offermans.rompen.nl>:

> Dear Michael and Cyrus friends,
>
> Where is this documented?
>

> I cannot find anything about this in
>
> https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/reference/admin/sieve.html  
> <https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/reference/admin/sieve.html>

The example shown in section "Testing the sieve server"
https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/reference/admin/sieve.html#testing-the-sieve-server

# To place this script on the server run the following command:
#
# sieveshell servername
# Please enter your password: ******
#> put myscript.script
#> activate myscript
#> quit
#
#This should place your script on the server and make it the active script.

As timsieved implements rfc5804 there is also
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5804#section-1.4

>
> How should a user/administrator know?
>
> Pay attention to
>
> https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/reference/manpages/usercommands/sieveshell.html#std:cyrusman-sieveshell(1)  
> <https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/reference/manpages/usercommands/sieveshell.html#std:cyrusman-sieveshell(1)>
>
> and look at activate/deactivate.
>
> This is sufficient documentation according to the developer, who  
> spent many hours in the code, I guess.
> However, an ignorant user only gets a hint at most. Where is  
> defaultbc mentioned? Be aware that the
> text the user reads is far away off what the user experiences, when  
> he uses sieveshell. There is no
> (visual) connection between the two. It is a challenge to find your way.
>

I don't know if the defaultbc is documented somewhere, google found
some old list mails from 2007 and a thread on a german linux forum.
So there is room for improvement.

The users can't normally see this file, it is only visible indirect as the
active script is shown / marked in timsieved / sieveshell "list" command.





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