[Dovecot] sieve + redirect + as attachment

[Stephan Bosch]

Jerry wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:01:14 +0200
> Stephan Bosch <stephan at rename-it.nl> wrote:
> 
>> Jerry wrote:
>>> Is it possible to use the 'redirect' function in 'sieve' to forward
>>> a message as an attachment rather than in-line?
>>>
>> Unfortunately, no. I thought the (draft) enclose extension could
>> provide this new feature, but the specification explicitly excludes
>> redirect from being affected:
>>
>> http://ietfreport.isoc.org/idref/draft-ietf-sieve-mime-loop/#page-11
>>
>> I am not sure exactly why. To my knowledge this is not provided by
>> any other Sieve feature/extension.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Stephan
> 
> Honestly, I get confused reading RFCs. Since there is an 'enclose'
> extension, exactly how is it intended to be used? In any case, sieve
> seriously needs a way to forward a message as an attachment.
> 
What is your exact application? I can take this issue to the Sieve 
mailinglist.

Regards,

Stephan