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= What is Sieve filtering? =
At a basic level, Sieve is a system whereby the server is given rules by you to process incoming email - e.g. forward emails, discard emails, or filter your email into folders. It then means that, whatever email program you use, your email is already filed away in to their correct folder according to your needs.
It is helpful if you:
*Read email from a number of devices
This page explains how to connect to our sieve server using Roundcube or other ManageSieve client software, and gives some examples and also further about Sieve and the features we have enabled
=Sieve Server Settings=
!Security
|TLS
|You should use TLS for a secure connection,
|}
*RoundCube - our webmail has a Filters option in the settings - We'd recommend this even if you don't usually use webmail.
*[https://
*[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.
*On Linux, you may find a '''sieve-connect''' package which is a command line tool.
*There are others, take a look at [http://sieve.info/clients sieve.info]. You'd use the same server, username and password that you do to access your email, and use port 4190, and TLS.
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 also edit the sieve code in 'raw' format - select 'Actions', 'Edit filter set' (it's the way to move rules up or down the order).
To create a simple filter to move a few online shop emails in to a folder called shopping:
=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, or collapse and reopen the folder list (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
require ["fileinto","mailbox"];
if exists "X-Spam-Flag" {
if header :is "X-Spam-Flag" "YES" {
if exists "X-Spam-Bar" {
# 20 OR MORE +
if header :contains "X-Spam-Bar" "++++++++++++++++++++" {
# Can't reject, not supported
fileinto :create "bad-spam";
stop;
}
}
fileinto :create "spam";
stop;
}
}
=Some Examples=
* [[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]]
* [[Sieve-Example:HTML Autoresponder|HTML Autoresponder]] Automatically reply to incoming email with a HTML formatted email
== 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...'
[[Category:Email Features]]
[[Category:Sieve]]
[[Category:Email How to]]
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