sieve for dovecot

[Mark Hattam]

On 19 Dec 2008, at 21:01, Raj Shekhar wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I installed dovecot from macports.  The imap server is running fine.
>
> However, I wanted to have mail filtering on the imap server.  Dovecot
> says that it works with sieve for filtering.  The problem is that
> sieve is not available in the ports.  I tried compiling sieve for
> dovecot, but the INSTALL file for the sieve says that I need the
> pre-built dovecot sources available.  If sources are not available, it
> requires the dovecot-config to present.
>
> My questions are -
>
> - Is there a sieve available in the ports somewhere that I am missing?
> - Has anyone compiled sieve for dovecot?  If yes, please let me know
> the magic ./configure line :-)
> - Is there an alternative to sieve for filtering imap?
>
> Any hints would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> --  
> Raj Shekhar


Hi Raj

I use the combination of

getmail
maildrop <> DSpam
dovecot

maildrop is available via Macports
http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/

As I also couldn't find a way of having Sieve work in Dovecot via  
MacPorts. Also Dovecot is now at 1.1.7 (MacPorts is at 1.1.3).

Mark Hattam