Maybe a bit offtopic, Sieve beaviour

[João Silva]

On 23/08/2022 13:03, Rob Sterenborg (Lists) wrote:
>
> On 23-08-2022 11:44, João Silva wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> If a sieve filter contains a rule
>>
>> if header :regex ["From"] ["@xxx.com","@yyy.pt"] {
>>          fileinto :create "ac";
>> }
>>
>> The mail should be copied to the folder ac and then proceed to other 
>> rules that a user might have or I understood the
>>
>> fileinto
>>
>> wrong?
>>
>> Using dovecot-pigeonhole-2.2.36-8.el7.x86_64
>>
>
> I use it like this, and it works for me:
>
> if address :is "From" "sender at domain" {
>   fileinto :create "some_mail_folder";
>   stop;
> }
>
> Almost 20 years ago, I figured out that I *need* the "stop;" line, but 
> I don't remember why.

The stop; is needed to prevent further script actions on the email and 
that is a very curious thing that I dont know if falls in the "bug or 
feature" field.

if I use

if header :regex ["From"] ["@xxx.com","@yyy.pt"] {
          fileinto :create "ac";

         keep;

}

It delivers the mail in my Inbox which was my intention in the first place.

When I used the filter without the keep; and since I didn't had the 
stop; I was expecting further actions on that email that will lead to 
the email end up in the Inbox and that didn't happened.

So it apears that the fileinto rule have a stop; into it without the 
stop being declared.

In a complex mail management scenario that can cause problems. So my 
question is, "bug or feature"?



>
>
> -- 
> Rob