sieve cli

i am using dovecot-2.2.36-3.el7_7.1.x86_64 on centos 7

is it possible to activate / deactivate a sieve script for a mailbox from the command line?

my mailboxes are currently stores in /../vmail/domain.tld/username

if i activate / deactivate a filter set using roundcube (webmail system) then it creates or deletes a symbolic link /../vmail/domain.tld/username/dovecot.sieve  which points to a file /../vmail/domain.tld/username/sieve/managesieve.sieve.

if i create this symbolic link manually it doesn't seem to work