Andrew Burke writes:
If, however, there were support for configuring Sieve server-side filtering built into the IMAP protocol (and by extension, servers and clients), all this could become consistent across clients for the user.I assume this may have been discussed before and I would love to be
No, you're the first person to bring it up -- at least in recent memory. Someone might've mentioned something maybe 3-4 years ago, I suppose.
directed to any relevant discussions. I'm curious about how the courier community views the concept of integrating Sieve scripts into the server and possibly extending the IMAP protocol to allow configuration of said scripts.
Sieve is a typical design-by-a-committee-of-pointy-headed-academicians product. Convoluted, confusing, and generally not worth the implementation effort. Although, in principle, I agree that a standardized mechanism for a client to furnish mail filtering instruction would be useful, Sieve isn't going to fill the need.
Which is why you see such lackluster support for Sieve, in both client and server mail software.
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