compiled sieve files svbin ?

[jeremy ardley]

Hi,

I have recently started using claws mail to manage my user sieve scripts 
using server dovecot-sieve_1%3a2.3.13+dfsg1-2_arm64.deb

I originally edited ~/.dovecot.sieve to hold my script and I recall that 
~/.dovecot.svbin was automatically generated on first use. (either that 
or I have forgotten that I had used sievec)

Later I used claws mail to generate sieve scripts but they were written 
into directory

~/sieve/

In experimentation I changed ~/.dovecot.sieve into a link to my 
principal script ~/sieve/main.sieve

The oddity now is that sieve seems to be working when there is no 
compiled version

Should I expect a compiled .svbin version to be generated from claws 
client? Or generated by first run of the sieve server on the user 
account? Or should I manage the scripts with claws, but log in to the 
server later to generate the .svbin versions?

In any event what effect does not having a .svbin version have on 
typical small installation?

-- 
Jeremy