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= What is Sieve filtering? =
*Want to sort email into specific folders
*Read email from a number of devices
This page explains how to connect t our sieve server using roundcube and a Thunderbird addon, and gives some examples and also further about sieve and the features we have enabled
=Sieve Server Settings=
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== Creating Sieve Filters ==
Our IMAP servers run 'ManageSieve', this is a service which clients talk to in order to create and edit sieve filters. ManageSieve runs on port
*RoundCube - our webmail has a Filters option in the settings - We'd recommend this even if you don't usually use webmail.
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*[https://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=managesieve Extension for claws-mail] (may be packaged as claws-mail-managesieve). Very similar to the Thunderbird extension.
*There are others, take a look at [http://
Whatever IMAP email program you use the Sieve filtering will still work. It may be easiest to create and edit the filters using Roundcube webmail even if you don't wish to use Roundcube for reading email.
== Using Roundcube Filters ==
Roundcube will let you create filters using a WYSIWYG style editor - with easy to use drop-down options and so on. You can't edit the sieve code in 'raw' format though - but for most people, using Roundcube is probably the easiest way.
To create a simple filter to move a few online shop emails in to a folder called shopping:
This will then move emails from these addresses in to a separate folder.
=Sieve Extensions We Don't Support=▼
We don't support the following extensions:▼
*reject▼
**This is because we don't want to have to deal with backscatter and emailing non delivery report messages▼
=Other Sieve Notes=▼
*When using fileinto: with :create, a new folder will be created if it does not already exist, this is normal. In this case, the new folder will be subscribed to automatically. -You may need to restart your client (e.g. Thunderbird) for it to notice that there is a new folder that should be listed.▼
*spam folder: If you have a folder called spam then email which is marked as spam will end up there bypassing any sieve filters. If you do not wich to happen then rename or delete the folder called spam, and add a filter to move spam marked messages to another folder (e.g. junk, rubbish, etc.)
=Some Examples=
* [[Sieve-Example:Notify|Notify another mailbox when email arrives]]
* [[Sieve-Example:Move email to a folder|Move email to a folder]]
* [[Sieve-Example:Move email to a suffix folder|Move email to a folder based on a localpart suffix]]
== Converting From Mozilla Thunderbird to Sieve ==
If you use Mozilla (e.g. Thunderbird) and have existing rules created, then they can be converted in to Sieve format on this 3rd party page: [http://
#Open your msgFilterRules.dat file in a text editor (notepad, gedit etc.)
#*This file will be found in your 'Local directory', which can be found in Account Settings - Server Setting - look for the 'Local directory' box at the bottom.
#Copy and paste the text in to the [http://
#Install the ThunderBird ManageSieve Addon:
#*Tools - Addons - Search for Sieve, and Install 'Sieve
#Go to Tools - Sieve Message Filters
##Click 'New...'
#You can then view the filters via Roundcube webmail, which is easier to edit as it's more of a GUI editor rather than than a straight script editor like the Thuinderbird addon is.
▲=Sieve Extensions We Don't Support=
▲We don't support the following extensions:
▲*reject
▲**This is because we don't want to have to deal with backscatter and emailing non delivery report messages
▲=Other Sieve Notes=
▲*When using fileinto: with :create, a new folder will be created if it does not already exist, this is normal. In this case, the new folder will be subscribed to automatically. -You may need to restart your client (e.g. Thunderbird) for it to notice that there is a new folder that should be listed.
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