Sieve Filtering: Difference between revisions

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. Sieve can do more than just move email into folders.

This page explains how to connect tto our sieve server using roundcubeRoundcube andor aother ThunderbirdManageSieve addonclient software, and gives some examples and also further about sieveSieve and the features we have enabled

Roundcube will let you create filters using a WYSIWYG style editor - with easy to use drop-down options and so on. You can't also edit the sieve code in 'raw' format though - butselect for most people'Actions', using'Edit Roundcubefilter isset' probably(it's the easiest way to move rules up or down the order).

*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 Sieve filters. If you do not wish 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.) '''Update November 2023''': this doesn'tappears seemnot to be the case - looksthe like'spam' folder is automatically created, but messages are processed by the spam engines, and then passed through Sieve filtering so you can decide what to do with the spam using your Sieve rules. To recreate the previous behaviour (and perhaps extend it a little) you might need a rule like: