Plugin sieve vs. imap_sieve

[Stephan Bosch]

Op 2/12/2017 om 1:15 PM schreef Matthias Fechner:
> Dear all,
>
>
> I just saw that a "new" plugin imap_sieve is available:
> https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Pigeonhole/Sieve/Plugins/IMAPSieve
>
> I configured everything using the plugin sieve.
>
> Was the plugin sieve just renamed to imap_sieve or is it completely
> different?

It is completely different. The sieve plugin is a plugin for LDA and
LMTP, which perform final delivery of a message. The imap_sieve plugin
is for IMAP and invokes Sieve scripts for messages that are already stored.

> Thanks a lot for explaining what had been changed here, I cannot find
> anything in the wiki.

For one, the wiki page you referenced should explain that pretty well.
You could also read the referenced http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6785 to
find out what features this plugin adds in detail.

Regards,

Stephan.