Re: imap4flags and sieve filter

> Rahul Shah wrote:
>  > 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


> Thanks Rahul, that must be what I'm experiencing since I tried Ned's
> suggestion of using the "\\" for the flag name, but still no joy.
> While we're on this topic of bugs, is this another one?

> The Sieve IMAP flag Extension draft states:

>    "Note that the parameter specifying a variable name to setflag/
>     addflag/removeflag actions and the hasflag test is optional. If the
>     parameter is not specified the actions operate on the internal
>     variable, which has the empty value when the script starts
> execution.
>     If the SIEVE interpreter doesn't support the "variables" extension
>     [VARIABLES], the presence of the variable name parameter will cause
>     a runtime error [SIEVE]."


> And yet when I try this syntax

> if allof(header :contains "X-SpamLabel" ["SPAM", "VIRUS"],
>           header :contains "X-MailRoute" "InboundMail") {
>               setflag "\\Seen";
>               fileinto "SPAM";
> }


> I get this error message:

> # imsimta test -expression -mm -block -message=/tmp/spam  -input=/tmp/
> rule.siv

> Expression: require ["fileinto","imap4flags"];
> Expression: Expression:
> Expression: Expression: if allof(header :contains "X-
> SpamLabel" ["SPAM", "VIRUS"],
> Expression: Expression:          header :matches "X-MailRoute"
> "InboundMail") {
> Expression: Expression:                 setflag "\\Seen";
> Expression: Expression:                 fileinto "SPAM";
> Expression: Expression: }
> Expression: Parse error: Insufficient arguments in call to function:
> setflag [etflag  "\\Seen" ; f^ileinto "Auto-Expire]


> It seems like its expecting another argument to the "setflag"
> command. A variable name perhaps? Isn't this optional?
w
Yes, this is a bug in 6.2. It was fixed in 6.3 but again was not backported.

                                Ned