[Dovecot] Quota + Sieve - typo

[Linux Advocate]

thanx.



> 
> On Thu, 26 Feb 2009, Linux Advocate wrote:
> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> With the imap filters in thunderbird, do i need to use sieve in dovecot? my
> >>> initial observations/ findings say "no"?
> >>> 
> >>> Thunderbird filters work in the client, not server.
> >>> If you want to filter before the client has seen or downloaded the
> >>> message, you need Sieve.
> 
> > users will most probably use filters to sort out their email, therefore its
> > better to be client side? as all have their own way or working/ classifying 
> their email?
> 
> Well, if you ask me this question, it is probably better to not use Sieve, 
> because the way users work is set - basta - any change would cause problems.
> 
> Several of our users have slow connections, therefore they want to see
> only minimal stuff in the INBOX, definitely no message the relay tagged
> as SPAM. They check out the other folders from their offices only.
> Client-side filtering would require them to download all messages, even
> SPAM, just to move them into a "not-urgent" folder never looked at.
> 
> This is one example of server-side filtering.
> 
> Initially I deployed a fixed Sieve script for everybody, which moved
> tagged SPAM into a SPAM folder, but more and more users wanted to hack
> their own.
> 
> > Additionally what can i use sieve on the server side for?
> 
> Well, current implementation is cmusieve, see:
> http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-sieve-1.0/file/1ddefc5e4e33/src/libsieve/README
> 
> Dovecot v1.2 will support/use:
> http://hg.rename-it.nl/dovecot-libsieve/file/ab9a06342d33/README
> 
> The basic language is the same, but there are different extensions
> supported.
> 
> Bye,
> 
> - -- Steffen Kaiser