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diff --git a/pigeonhole/doc/extensions/vacation.txt b/pigeonhole/doc/extensions/vacation.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3e405a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/pigeonhole/doc/extensions/vacation.txt @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +Vacation Extension + +Relevant specifications +======================= + + RFC5230 - doc/rfc/vacation.rfc5230.txt + RFC6131 - doc/rfc/vacation-seconds.rfc6131.txt + +Description +=========== + +The Sieve vacation extension [RFC5230] defines a mechanism to generate automatic +replies to incoming email messages. It takes various precautions to make sure +replies are only sent when appropriate. Script authors specify how often replies +are sent to a particular contact. In the original vacation extension, this +interval is specified in days with a minimum of one day. When more granularity +is necessary and particularly when replies must be sent more frequently than one +day, the vacation-seconds extension [RFC6131] can be used. This allows +specifying the minimum reply interval in seconds with a minimum of zero (reply +is then always sent), depending on administrator configuration. + +Configuration +============= + +The vacation extension is available by default. In contrast, the +vacation-seconds extension - which implies the vacation extension when used - is +not available by default and needs to be enabled explicitly by adding it to the +sieve_extensions setting. The configuration also needs to be adjusted +accordingly to allow a non-reply period of less than a day. + +The vacation and vacation-seconds extensions have their own specific settings. +The settings that specify a period are specified in s(econds), unless followed +by a d(ay), h(our) or m(inute) specifier character. + +The following settings can be configured for the vacation extension (default +values are indicated): + +sieve_vacation_min_period = 1d + This specifies the minimum period that can be specified for the :days and + :seconds tags of the vacation command. A minimum of 0 indicates that users are + allowed to make the Sieve interpreter send a vacation response message for + every incoming message that meets the other reply criteria (refer to RFC5230). + A value of zero is however not recommended. + +sieve_vacation_max_period = 0 + This specifies the maximum period that can be specified for the :days tag of + the vacation command. The configured value must be larger than the + sieve_vacation_min_period setting. A value of 0 has a special meaning: it + indicates that there is no upper limit. + +sieve_vacation_default_period = 7d + This specifies the default period that is used when no :days or :seconds tag + is specified. The configured value must lie between the + sieve_vacation_min_period and sieve_vacation_max_period. + +sieve_vacation_max_subject_codepoints = 256 + The maximum number of Unicode codepoints used in the Subject header generated + for the outgoing vacation message. When composite characters are involved, + the number of actual charactes in the Subject text can be less than this + number, otherwise it is equal. When the subject text exceeds the limit, it is + truncated and the removed part is replaced with an ellipsis character ('...'). + +sieve_vacation_use_original_recipient = no + This specifies whether the original envelope recipient should be used in the + check for implicit delivery. The vacation command checks headers of the + incoming message, such as To: and Cc: for the address of the recipient, to + verify that the message is explicitly addressed at the recipient. If the + recipient address is not found, the vacation action will not trigger a + response to prevent sending a reply when it is not appropriate. Normally only + the final recipient address is used in this check. This setting allows + including the original recipient specified in the SMTP session if available. + This is useful to handle mail accounts with aliases. Use this option with + caution: if you are using aliases that point to more than a single account, + senders can get multiple vacation responses for a single message. + +sieve_vacation_dont_check_recipient = no + This disables the checks for implicit delivery entirely. This means that the + vacation command does not verify that the message is explicitly addressed at + the recipient. Use this option with caution. Specifying 'yes' will violate the + Sieve standards and can cause vacation replies to be sent for messages not + directly addressed at the recipient. + +sieve_vacation_send_from_recipient = no + This setting determines whether vacation messages are sent with the SMTP MAIL + FROM envelope address set to the recipient address of the Sieve script owner. + Normally this is set to <>, which is the default as recommended in the + specification. This is meant to prevent mail loops. However, there are + situations for which a valid sender address is required and this setting can + be used to accommodate for those. + +sieve_vacation_to_header_ignore_envelope = no + With this setting disabled (the default), the "To:" header in the composed + vacation reply is determined by finding the envelope sender address in the + first "Sender:", "Resent-From:", or "From:" headers (in that order). The + matching address is used in the "To:" header of the reply, which then includes + the "phrase" part of the address; i.e., usually the name of the person + associated with that address. If no match is found, the bare envelope sender + address is used instead. In contrast, with this setting enabled, the envelope + is completely ignored for this purpose and the first address found from the + mentioned headers is always used. This is useful when the envelope sender is + mangled somehow; e.g. by the Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS). + +Invalid values for the settings above will make the Sieve interpreter log a +warning and revert to the default values. + +Example +======= + +plugin { + # Use vacation-seconds + sieve_extensions = +vacation-seconds + + # One hour at minimum + sieve_vacation_min_period = 1h + + # Ten days default + sieve_vacation_min_period = 10d + + # Thirty days at maximum + sieve_vacation_max_period = 30d +} + |