[Dovecot] Sieve: Vacation, handle and variable

[René Neumann]

Am 21.09.2011 01:09, schrieb Stephan Bosch:
> Op 20-9-2011 23:48, René Neumann schreef:
>> Am 20.09.2011 22:38, schrieb René Neumann:
>>> Hi *,
>>>
>>> I am adding a generic way for vacation-replies in my sieve setup. There
>>> I set the handle and the reason using variables (see end of mail). My
>>> simple question now is: Though variable expansion is not done for
>>> subject and reason, is it done for the handle? Because else there seems
>>> no way in configuring the vacation action via variables.
>> Ok. I just learned about sieve-test. And this shows me:
>>
>> * send vacation message:
>>      =>  seconds   : 604800
>>      =>  subject: FooSubj
>>      =>  from   : ...
>>      =>  handle : ${vhandle}
>>
>> So the handle does not expand variables. Hence: Would it be possible to
>> add for example a non-standard ":expand list" option to vacation, where
>> 'list' contains the names of the options where it is safe to do
>> variable-expansion?
> 
> No need. This is a violation of the standard and it was actually a long
> standing FIXME already. Fortunately, it was quite simple to repair:
> 
> http://hg.rename-it.nl/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole/rev/fe6df3425850
> 
> This will be included in the next release.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Stephan
> 

Thanks a lot. I'll try it out.

- René

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