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+Pigeonhole Sieve examples
+=========================
+
+Contents
+
+
+ 1. Pigeonhole Sieve examples
+
+ 1. Mail filtering by various headers
+
+ 2. Flagging or Highlighting your mail
+
+ 3. Spam/Virus rules
+
+ 1. Direct filtering using message header
+
+ 2. Filtering using the spamtest and virustest extensions
+
+ 4. Plus Addressed mail filtering
+
+ 5. Vacation auto-reply
+
+ 6. Include scripts
+
+ 7. Archiving a Mailinglist by Date
+
+ 8. Emulating lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox=yes
+
+ 9. Translation from Procmail
+
+Below are some simple Sieve code examples, more can be found at
+http://sieve.info/examplescripts.
+
+Mail filtering by various headers
+---------------------------------
+
+Use if/elsif/else to store messages into various folders/subfolders:
+
+ * ---%<----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ require ["fileinto", "envelope"];
+ if address :is "to" "dovecot@dovecot.org" {
+ fileinto "Dovecot-list";
+ } elsif envelope :is "from" "owner-cipe-l@inka.de" {
+ fileinto "lists.cipe";
+ } elsif anyof (header :contains "X-listname" "lugog@cip.rz.fh-offenburg.de",
+ header :contains "List-Id" "Linux User Group Offenburg") {
+ fileinto "ml.lugog";
+ } else {
+ # The rest goes into INBOX
+ # default is "implicit keep", we do it explicitly here
+ keep;
+ }
+ ---%<----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ "anyof" means logical OR, "allof" is AND.
+
+Forward mails with "order" or "buy" in their subject to another address:
+
+ * ---%<----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ if header :contains "subject" ["order", "buy"] {
+ redirect "orders@company.dom";
+ }
+ ---%<----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Message-ID and recipient of forwarded message are stored in a
+'.dovecot.lda-dupes' at users home directory to prevent mail loops.
+
+Flagging or Highlighting your mail
+----------------------------------
+
+Some mail readers use these flags:
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require "imap4flags";
+require "regex";
+if anyof (exists "X-Cron-Env",
+ header :regex ["subject"] [".* security run output",
+ ".* monthly run output",
+ ".* daily run output",
+ ".* weekly run output"]) {
+ addflag "$label1"; # ie 'Important'/red label within Thunderbird
+
+# Other flags:
+# addflag "$label1"; # Important: #ff0000 => red
+# addflag "$label2"; # Work: #ff9900 => orange
+# addflag "$label3"; # personal: #009900 => green
+# addflag "$label4"; # todo: #3333ff => blue
+# addflag "$label5"; # later: #993399 => violet
+#
+}
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Local copy of your emails:
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require ["envelope", "imap4flags"];
+if envelope "from" "my_address@my_domain.com"
+{
+ setflag "\\seen";
+}
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/Useful, when you want sieve to manage your incoming *and* outgoing email (you
+must ask your mail reader to Bcc your mail to your dovecot in this case)./
+
+Spam/Virus rules
+----------------
+
+Most spam and virus scanners add a special header to mail messages, so that
+users can apply filtering accordingly. Depending on how the Sieve interpreter
+is configured, filtering can either be performed by evaluating these headers
+directly, or using the spamtest and virustest extensions.
+
+Direct filtering using message header
+-------------------------------------
+
+Evaluating the headers directly is always possible as long as the headers are
+actually added to the messages by the scanner software. For example, to
+fileSpamAssassin-tagged mails into a folder called "Spam":
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require "fileinto";
+if header :contains "X-Spam-Flag" "YES" {
+ fileinto "Spam";
+}
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The following example discards SpamAssassin-tagged mails with level higher than
+or equal to 10:
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if header :contains "X-Spam-Level" "**********" {
+ discard;
+ stop;
+}
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Some spam scanners only produce a numeric score in a header. Then, the test
+becomes more involved:
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require ["comparator-i;ascii-numeric","relational"];
+if allof (
+ not header :matches "x-spam-score" "-*",
+ header :value "ge" :comparator "i;ascii-numeric" "x-spam-score" "10" )
+{
+ discard;
+ stop;
+}
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+*NOTE:* Be very careful when matching against spam score headers using the
+relational extension and the i;ascii-numeric comparator. This comparator can
+only be used to match unsigned integers. Strings that do not begin with a digit
+character represent positive infinity and will therefore always be larger than
+any score mentioned in your rule! That is why the above example first checks
+the minus sign explicitly.
+
+Filtering using the spamtest and virustest extensions
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+When the spamtest [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5235#section-3.2] and
+virustest [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5235#section-3.3] extensions are
+configured on the server ( <here>
+[Pigeonhole.Sieve.Extensions.SpamtestVirustest.txt] is explained how), users
+(and GUIs) can have a much easier way to filter spam and virus messages
+respectively. To filter spam, the spamtest extension can for example be used as
+follows:
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require "spamtestplus";
+require "fileinto";
+require "relational";
+require "comparator-i;ascii-numeric";
+
+/* If the spamtest fails for some reason, e.g. spam header is missing, file
+ * file it in a special folder.
+ */
+if spamtest :value "eq" :comparator "i;ascii-numeric" "0" {
+ fileinto "Unclassified";
+
+/* If the spamtest score (in the range 1-10) is larger than or equal to 3,
+ * file it into the spam folder:
+ */
+} elsif spamtest :value "ge" :comparator "i;ascii-numeric" "3" {
+ fileinto "Spam";
+
+/* For more fine-grained score evaluation, the :percent tag can be used. The
+ * following rule discards all messages with a percent score
+ * (relative to maximum) of more than 85 %:
+ */
+} elsif spamtest :value "gt" :comparator "i;ascii-numeric" :percent "85" {
+ discard;
+}
+
+/* Other messages get filed into INBOX */
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The virustest extension can be used in a similar manner:
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require "virustest";
+require "fileinto";
+require "relational";
+require "comparator-i;ascii-numeric";
+
+/* Not scanned ? */
+if virustest :value "eq" :comparator "i;ascii-numeric" "0" {
+ fileinto "Unscanned";
+
+/* Infected with high probability (value range in 1-5) */
+} if virustest :value "eq" :comparator "i;ascii-numeric" "4" {
+ /* Quarantine it in special folder (still somewhat dangerous) */
+ fileinto "Quarantine";
+
+/* Definitely infected */
+} elsif virustest :value "eq" :comparator "i;ascii-numeric" "5" {
+ /* Just get rid of it */
+ discard;
+}
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Plus Addressed mail filtering
+-----------------------------
+
+Using the subaddress [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5233/] extension, it is
+possible to match against the 'detail' part of an e-mail address, e.g. a
+''+tag'' suffix to the local part of the address. This is for example useful
+when you don't want just any +tag to create a directory, but you want to use
+tagged addresses such as with amavisd-new. This example would place email
+addressed to user+spam@example.com into user's Spam folder.
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require ["fileinto", "envelope", "subaddress"];
+if envelope :detail "to" "spam"{
+ fileinto "Spam";
+}
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The following more advanced example uses the subaddress
+[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5233/] extension to handle recipient addresses
+structured as 'sales+<name>@company.com' in a special way. The '<name>' part is
+extracted from the address using variables
+[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5229/] extension, transformed into a format with
+the first letter in upper case and subsequently used to create the folder name
+where the message is stored. The folder name is structured as 'users/<name>'.
+If the '+<name>' detail is omitted from the recipient address, the message is
+filed in the 'sales' folder.
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require ["variables", "envelope", "fileinto", "subaddress"];
+
+if envelope :is :user "to" "sales" {
+ if envelope :matches :detail "to" "*" {
+ /* Save name in ${name} in all lowercase except for the first letter.
+ * Joe, joe, jOe thus all become 'Joe'.
+ */
+ set :lower :upperfirst "name" "${1}";
+ }
+
+ if string :is "${name}" "" {
+ /* Default case if no detail is specified */
+ fileinto "sales";
+ } else {
+ /* For sales+joe@ this will become users/Joe */
+ fileinto "users/${name}";
+ }
+}
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+To work with Postfix, this requires that the envelope "to" still contains the
+full address, so pass it with the -a flag.
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dovecot unix - n n - - pipe
+ flags=DRhu user=mail:mail argv=/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda
+ -f ${sender} -d ${user}@${nexthop} -a ${original_recipient}
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+or
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda -a "$RECIPIENT"
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Vacation auto-reply
+-------------------
+
+Auto-responder functionality is implemented using the vacation
+[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5230/] extension. The following script sends
+out-of-office replies when the message is not spam:
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require ["fileinto", "vacation"];
+# Move spam to spam folder
+if header :contains "X-Spam-Flag" "YES" {
+ fileinto "spam";
+ # Stop here so that we do not reply on spams
+ stop;
+}
+vacation
+ # Reply at most once a day to a same sender
+ :days 1
+ :subject "Out of office reply"
+ # List of additional recipient addresses which are included in the auto
+replying.
+ # If a mail's recipient is not the envelope recipient and it's not on this
+list,
+ # no vacation reply is sent for it.
+ :addresses ["j.doe@company.dom", "john.doe@company.dom"]
+"I'm out of office, please contact Joan Doe instead.
+Best regards
+John Doe";
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+It's also possible to include the original subject using the variables
+[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5229/] extension:
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require ["variables", "vacation"];
+# Store old Subject line so it can be used in vacation message
+if header :matches "Subject" "*" {
+ set "subjwas" ": ${1}";
+}
+vacation
+ :days 1
+ :subject "Out of office reply${subjwas}"
+ :addresses ["j.doe@company.dom", "john.doe@company.dom"]
+"I'm out of office, please contact Joan Doe instead.
+Best regards
+John Doe";
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Include scripts
+---------------
+
+It's possible to include other Sieve scripts in your script:
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require ["include"];
+include :global "global-spam";
+include :personal "my-own-spam";
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The lookup directories can be specified with:
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+plugin {
+ # Directory for :personal include scripts. The default is to use home
+directory.
+ sieve_dir = %h/sieve
+
+ # Directory for :global include scripts (not to be confused with
+sieve_global_path).
+ # If unset, the include fails.
+ sieve_global_dir = /etc/dovecot/sieve/
+}
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Both 'sieve_dir' and 'sieve_global_dir' may also be overridden by <userdb extra
+fields> [UserDatabase.ExtraFields.txt].
+
+It's not currently possible to use subdirectories for the scripts. Having a '/'
+character in the script name always fails the include. This is just an extra
+check to avoid potential problems with including scripts within mail
+directories.
+
+Archiving a Mailinglist by Date
+-------------------------------
+
+You can archive messages from mailing lists in a date-structured folder tree as
+follows:
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require ["variables","date","fileinto","mailbox"];
+
+# Extract date info
+if currentdate :matches "year" "*" { set "year" "${1}"; }
+if currentdate :matches "month" "*" { set "month" "${1}"; }
+
+# Archive Dovecot mailing list items by year and month.
+# Create folder when it does not exist.
+if header :is "list-id" "dovecot.dovecot.org" {
+ fileinto :create "INBOX.Lists.${year}.${month}.dovecot";
+}
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+For example, in March 2013 this puts messages from the Dovecot mailing list in
+a folder called 'INBOX.Lists.2013.03.dovecot'. It combines the date
+[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5260#section-4] and variables
+[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5229/] extensions to extract the required date
+strings. Using the ':create' argument for the 'fileinto' command, the indicated
+folder is created automatically if it doesn't exist. The ':create' argument is
+provided by the mailbox [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5490#section-3]
+extension.
+
+Emulating lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox=yes
+-----------------------------------------
+
+If you can't turn this option on, you can emulate the behaviour to some extent
+with following code.
+
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+require ["variables", "fileinto", "envelope", "subaddress", "mailbox"];
+
+if envelope :matches :detail "to" "*" {
+ # you can prefix with INBOX/ or INBOX. if necessary
+ # remove :create if you want to permit only existing mailboxes
+ fileinto :create "${1}";
+}
+---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Translation from Procmail
+-------------------------
+
+There exists a script which attempts to translate simple Procmail rules into
+Sieve rules:http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~steve/sieve/procmail2sieve.pl
+(dovecot.org mirror [http://dovecot.org/tools/procmail2sieve.pl])
+
+Here's the original post announcing it:
+http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2007-March/020895.html
+
+(This file was created from the wiki on 2019-06-19 12:42)