[Dovecot] sieve newbie question
Hi all, can you clarify my doubts about sieve? I understand what is it, but what's the different between use exim with rules + dovecot and use exim + dovecot-lda + sieve rules? i can create many kind of rules on exim, then i don't get the difference.
if someone is so kind to explain me the main points i'll appreciate it!
Regards, Matteo
On Thursday 16 November 2006 21:33, matteo@progettomio.net wrote:
Hi all, can you clarify my doubts about sieve? I understand what is it, but what's the different between use exim with rules + dovecot and use exim + dovecot-lda + sieve rules? i can create many kind of rules on exim, then i don't get the difference.
if someone is so kind to explain me the main points i'll appreciate it!
Generally, rules at the MTA (exim) level are global. Rules at the LDA (dovecot-sieve) level are user-controlled. Mail user agents that support sieve allow users to set their own personalized filtering and sorting rules. I am not aware of any mail user agents that allow individual users to set filter rules at the exim level that would only apply to one user.
Perhaps this background reading would be useful in furthering your understanding:
Regards,
- Brian
Generally, rules at the MTA (exim) level are global. Rules at the LDA (dovecot-sieve) level are user-controlled.
Ouch. The difference is macroscopic :-) It could be view as open standard alternative to exchange rule created by outlook...
Thank you Brian for your patience to explain me the obvious!
Matteo
On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 09:41:21PM -0600, Brian G. Peterson wrote:
On Thursday 16 November 2006 21:33, matteo@progettomio.net wrote:
Hi all, can you clarify my doubts about sieve? I understand what is it, but what's the different between use exim with rules + dovecot and use exim + dovecot-lda + sieve rules? i can create many kind of rules on exim, then i don't get the difference.
if someone is so kind to explain me the main points i'll appreciate it!
Generally, rules at the MTA (exim) level are global. Rules at the LDA (dovecot-sieve) level are user-controlled. Mail user agents that support sieve allow users to set their own personalized filtering and sorting rules. I am not aware of any mail user agents that allow individual users to set filter rules at the exim level that would only apply to one user.
That's not completely correct, because exim supports filtering at user level if allow_filter ist set in a redirect router, e.g. the one reading the user .forward file.
regards Juergen
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