Section 1 · User commands

sieveshell.1

Package: cyrus-imapd-utils

SIEVESHELL

NAME
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
REFERENCES
AUTHOR
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

NAME

sieveshell − Cyrus IMAP documentation

NAME

sieveshell − remotely manipulate sieve scripts

SYNOPSIS

sieveshell [−−user=user] [−−authname=authname] [−−realm=realm] [−−password=password] [−−exec=script] [−−execfile=file] server[**:**port]

sieveshell −−help

DESCRIPTION

sieveshell allows users to manipulate their scripts on a remote server. It works via MANAGESIEVE, a work in progress.

The following commands are recognized:

list list scripts on server.

put <filename> upload script to server.

get <name> [<filename>] get script. if no filename display to stdout

delete <name> delete script.

activate <name> activate script.

deactivate deactivate all scripts.

OPTIONS


	•		−u user, −−user=user

The user whose mailboxes you want to work on. If not specified, it uses the same as −a.


	•		−a authname, −−authname=authname

The user to use for authentication. If not specified, it defaults to the current login user.


	•		−r realm, −−realm=realm

The realm to attempt authentication in.


	•		−p password, −−password=password

The password to use when authenticating to server. Note that this parameter can be seen in the process list. Use with caution!


	•		−e script, −−exec=script

Instead of working interactively, run commands from script, and exit when done.


	•		−f file, −−execfile=file

Instead of working interactively, run commands from file file and exit when done.

REFERENCES

[MANAGESIEVE] Martin, T.; “A Protocol for Remotely Managing Sieve Scripts”, RFC 5804; May 2001

AUTHOR

Tim Martin <tmartin@mirapoint.com>, and the rest of the Cyrus team.

AUTHOR

The Cyrus Team

COPYRIGHT

1993–2024, The Cyrus Team