Thanks for the detailed anwser.
So it falls under the "feature" section. I will keep that in mind in
future sieves.
And I think you are right, :copy only makes sense in situations where
the flow can lead to other places than the Inbox.
On 24/08/2022 20:04, Sean Kamath wrote:
I recommend reading the RFC: 2.10.2
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5228#section-2.10.2> is where the
Implicit Keep is described.
Basically, if you don’t take action on a message, there is an
“implicit keep” that will save the mail in the default location. If
an action *is* taken on a message (that results in it being saved
somewhere; i.e., ‘fileinto’), then the implicit keep is removed (since
you have explicitly said where to put it).
So there’s the “keep” keyword (see 4.3
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5228#section-4.3>), to “do what you
would do in the implicit keep” (more or less).
So:
fileinto :create “ac” -> puts the message into “ac” and removes
“implicit keep”
keep -> puts implicit keep back (more or less)
fileinto :copy :create “ac” -> puts a *COPY* of the message into “ac”,
and the original retains “implicit keep”.
They do the same thing, though I try and avoid unnecessary extensions
when I can.
Sean
On Aug 24, 2022, at 07:29, João Silva <joaopfml...@lipc.fis.uc.pt> wrote:
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@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
