Re: imap4flags and sieve filter

Ned Freed wrote:
> > Hey folks, I've got a mailstore running:
> >     
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>   
> > Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr  3 2006)
> > libimta.so 6.2-6.01 (built 11:15:13, Apr  3 2006)
> > SunOS mailstore1 5.10 Generic_125101-10 i86pc i386 i86pc
> >     
>
> First, according to RFE 6223716 (Support for setting IMAP flags at message
> delivery time using sieve scripts), support for the imap4flags extension wasn't
> completed and released until 6.3P1. This may or may not be an issue for you -
> if memory serves the reason for this not getting marked as done sooner wasn't
> that the code wasn't complete but rather that the underlying specification
> hadn't been approved and we were concerned it might change out from under us.
> But that didn't happen and the specification has been approved now.
>
> However, since AFAIK QA was never done on this version there could be bugs that
> have since been fixed but only in 6.3.
>
>   
> > and I'm trying to enable an MTA sieve filter that files messages that
> > are identified as spam into a specific user's folder. That part works
> > fine, but I'd also like to flag the message as read rather than unread.
> > This part is giving me trouble.
> >     
>
>   
> > Here's what the sieve filter looks like:
> >     
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>   
> > require ["fileinto","imap4flags"];
> >     
>
>   
> > if allof(header :contains "X-SpamLabel" ["SPAM", "VIRUS"],
> >          header :contains "X-MailRoute" "InboundMail") {
> >                 fileinto :flags "\Seen" "SPAM";
> > }
> >     
>
>   
> > This does the appropriate "fileinto" action but doesn't flag the message
> > as "read". Am I misunderstanding the functions of the imap4flags
> > extensions? Do I have the syntax correct?
> >     
>
> The syntax looks fine but the string value is wrong - \ is a literal operator
> in Sieve strings so "\Seen" is the same as "Seen". You want "\\Seen" instead.
>   
Just to add on this. There was bug while setting the flags due to which 
the system flags were not getting set properly(bug 6548718). This bug 
was fixed in 6.3-1.02 and was not backported.

-Rahul
> I'd also suggest that you first try to set some user-defined flag. Only after
> you have that working should you try setting a system flag, let alone one
> that's fairly "special" in how it operates like \Seen.
>
>                                 Ned
>