Commit 7302745e 7302745e03e801ea3bffe0b7cbb6092317c06cd1 by Sergey Poznyakoff

Documented new version of sieve (not fully, still...)

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@c This is part of the GNU Mailutils manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GNU Mailutils manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file mailutils.texi for copying conditions.
@comment *******************************************************************
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@menu
* default:: Options understood by most GNU utilities.
* mailbox:: Specifies the mail spool location, and locking strategy.
* mailer:: Sets the mailer URL.
* address:: Specifies the default email address and domain.
* daemon:: Options common for daemon programs.
* auth:: Authentication-specific options.
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Set the default mailbox lock flags (E=external, R=retry, T=time, P=pid).
@end table
@node mailer
@subsection mailer --- Sets the default mailer URL.
@cindex :mailer
This option group overrides the default mailer URL (@url{sendmail:}).
@table @option
@item -m @var{url}
@itemx --mailer @var{url}
@end table
@node address
@subsection address --- Specifies the default email address and domain.
@cindex :address
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@subsection A Sieve Interpreter
Sieve interpreter @command{sieve} allows to apply Sieve scripts to an
arbitrary number of mailboxes. Currently @command{sieve} supports the
following actions:
arbitrary number of mailboxes. GNU @command{sieve} supports full set
of actions and tests described in RFC 3028.
@itemize
@item stop
@item keep
@item discard
@item fileinto
@end itemize
@menu
* Invoking Sieve::
* Logging and Debugging::
* Input Language::
* Extending Sieve::
@end menu
@subheading Invocation
@node Invoking Sieve
@subsubsection Invocation
The @command{sieve} invocation syntax is:
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more of the following letters:
@multitable @columnfractions .40 .45
@item @samp{a} @tab Enable address parser traces
@item @samp{g} @tab Enable main parser traces
@item @samp{T} @tab Enable mailutil traces
@item @samp{P} @tab Trace network protocols
@item @samp{t} @tab Enable sieve trace
@item @samp{h} @tab Debug sieve header filling
@item @samp{q} @tab Trace sieve message queries
@item @samp{i} @tab Trace the program instructions
@end multitable
When omitted, @var{flags} defaults to @samp{TPt}.
@xref{Logging and Debugging}, for detailed discussion of these.
@item -D
@itemx --dump
Compile the script, dump disassembled code on standard output and exit.
@item -e @var{address}
@item --email @var{address}
Override the user email address. This is useful for @code{reject} and
@code{redirect} actions. By default, the user email address is deduced
from the user name and the full name of the machine where sieve is
executed.
@item -f
@itemx --mbox-url=@var{mbox}
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@itemx --keep-going
Keep on going if execution fails on a message
@item -M
@itemx --mailer-url=@var{mailer}
Override the mailer URL (defaults to "sendmail:")
@item -n
@itemx --no-actions
Dry run: do not execute any actions, just print what would be done.
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@item -t @var{ticket}
@itemx --ticket=@var{ticket}
Ticket file for mailbox authentication
@item -v
@itemx --verbose
Log all actions executed.
@end table
Apart from these, @command{sieve} understands the options from the
@code{mailbox} option group (@pxref{mailbox}).
following groups: @code{mailbox}, @code{mailer}, @code{logging}.
@node Logging and Debugging
@subsubsection Logging and debugging
The default behavior of @command{sieve} is to remain silent about
anything except errors. However, it is sometimes necessary to see
which actions are executed and on which messages. This is particularly
useful when debugging the sieve scripts. The @option{--verbose}
(@option{-v}) option outputs log of every action executed.
Option @option{--debug} allows to produce even more detailed debugging
information. This option takes an argument specifying the
debugging level to be enabled. The argument can consist of the
following letters:
@table @samp
@item @samp{t}
This flag enables sieve tracing. It means that every test will be logged
when executed.
@item @samp{T}
This flag enables debugging of underlying @code{mailutils} library.
@item @samp{P}
Trace network protocols: produces log of network transactions executed
while running the script.
@item @samp{g}
Enable main parser traces. This is useful for debugging the sieve grammar.
@item @samp{i}
Trace the program instructions. It is the most extensive debugging
level. It produces the full execution log of a sieve program, showing
each instruction and states of the sieve machine. It is only useful
for debugging the code generator.
@end table
@emph{Note}, that there should be no whitespace
between the short variant of the option (@option{-d}), and its
argument. Similarly, when using long option (@option{--debug}),
its argument must be preceded by equal sign.
If the argument to @option{--debug} is omitted, it defaults to
@samp{TPt}.
Option @option{--dump} produces the disassembled dump of the compiled
sieve program.
By default @command{sieve} output all diagnostics on standard error and verbose
logs on standard output. This behaviour is changed when
@option{--log-facility} is given in the command line (@pxref{logging}).
This option causes @command{sieve} to output its diagnostics to
the given syslog facility.
@node Input Language
@subsubsection Input Language
@node Extending Sieve
@subsubsection Extending Sieve
The basic set of sieve actions, tests and comparators may be extended
using loadable extensions. Usual @code{require} mechanism is used for
that.
When processing arguments for @code{require} statement, @command{sieve}
uses the following algorithm:
@enumerate 1
@item Look up the name in a symbol table. If the name begins with
@samp{comparator-} it is looked up in the comparator table. If it
begins with @samp{test-}, the test table is used instead. Otherwise
the name is looked up in the action table.
@item If the name is found, the search is terminated.
@item Otherwise, transform the name. First, any @samp{comparator-} or
@samp{test-} prefix is stripped. Then, any character other than
alphanumeric characters, @samp{.} and @samp{,} is replaced with
dash (@samp{-}). The name thus obtained is used as a file name
of an external loadable module.
@item Try to load the module. The module is searched in the
following search paths (in the order given):
@enumerate 1
@item Mailutils module directory. By default it is
@file{$prefix/lib/mailutils}.
@item The value of the environment variable LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH.
@item System library search path: The system dependent library
search path (e.g. on Linux it is set by the contents of the file
@file{/etc/ld.so.conf} and the value of the environment variable
LD_LIBRARY_PATH).
@end enumerate
Each search path must be a colon-separated list of absolute directories,
for example, @samp{"/usr/lib/mypkg:/lib/foo"}.
In any of these directories, @command{sieve} first attempts to find
and load the given filename. If this fails, it tries to append the
following suffixes to the file name:
@enumerate 1
@item the libtool archive extension @samp{.la}
@item the extension used for native dynamic libraries on the host
platform, e.g., @samp{.so}, @samp{.sl}, etc.
@end enumerate
@item If the module is found, @command{sieve} executes its
initialization function (see below) and again looks up the name
in the symbol table. If found, search terminates successfully.
@item If either the module is not found, or the symbol wasn't
found after execution of the module initialization function,
search is terminated with an error status. @command{sieve} then displays
the following diagnostic message:
@example
source for the required action NAME is not available
@end example
@end enumerate
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