Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 17:26:21 +0000 From: Gerard Seibert <carmel_ny@outlook.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need advice for setting up mail server Message-ID: <SN2PR20MB0845FE2473407657C8E91183801A0@SN2PR20MB0845.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <511A90F2-8BF1-4C6E-92DC-C442649B075B@mail.sermon-archive.info> References: <VI1PR02MB0974A0FB1361638BDD437043F61A0@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20160807165256.78074e54154e43d3a696b22d@sohara.org> <E98F78D7-CA67-4443-B9D4-8642216BC4B3@mail.sermon-archive.info> <20160807174936.90f2a2c2c2a3e1a3e84452cc@sohara.org> <511A90F2-8BF1-4C6E-92DC-C442649B075B@mail.sermon-archive.info>
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On Sun, 7 Aug 2016 10:07:26 -0700, Doug Hardie stated: >> On 7 August 2016, at 09:49, Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> >> wrote: >>=20 >> On Sun, 7 Aug 2016 09:25:06 -0700 >> Doug Hardie <doug@sermon-archive.info> wrote: >> =20 >>> I found it best to use dovecot's MDA from postfix so that pigeon >>> sieve could be used during delivery. That gives you features like >>> vacation and automatic delivery to inboxes other than INBOX. I did >>> the initial setup one step at a time. Get it working then add the >>> next feature. =20 >>=20 >> Hmm that's interesting I used procmail for that which >> involves fiddling with procmailrc which is fine for me but less so >> for others. Is it easy for users to set up the automatic delivery ? =20 > >I found the sieve language a bit confusing at first. It took a few >tries to get one to compile without errors. One of the more >interesting aspects is that the sieve is not compiled when you save >it. It is compiled when the next message is processed. It will >generate a log file if an error is found. The error messages are >actually helpful. There is a way to manually force the compile, but I >never can remember it. I just send myself an email so I don't have to >wait to find out if the change was proper. Using the web interface >might make it easier. I have never bothered to install it to find >out. Currently I am the only one using that feature and vi is just >fine for me. If one of the others starts using it though I'll >probably have to try that. man sievec sievec ./default.sieve >I believe that freebsd 11 has two different sieve implementations >available for the dovecot MDA. I started this server on freebsd 9.3 >and it had only pigeonhole (I got the name wrong earlier). I am in >the midst of upgrading the machine to 11 so haven't investigated the >other implementation. I'll probably stick with pigeonhole as its >working. dovecot2-2.2.25.3 dovecot-pigeonhole-0.4.15-1 --=20 Carmel
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