On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 04:37:56PM +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Hello. I could not find a sieve-specific forum so I had to ask here. It > is in-top because I use cyrus imapd. > > I want to emulate the archive behavior of alpine (or pine) by using > sieve, is it possible? In short, alpine does this: > > 1. At first of every month, e.g. July, create a new folder called > sent-Jun > 2. Move all emails in "sent" that dates before July to that folder
Sieve only runs during the LMTP phase. It doesn't move messages. > My question is, because of the limited time to deliver this, to avoid > diving into sieve world with no result, may I know in advance with sieve > language and all its extensions, is this task's client part possible > using sieve? I would start alternative ways if sieve could not do it, > e.g. perl + imap protocol library. I prefer sieve if possible. > > P. S. If I do it I'll share the result opensourced. I'd say go Perl + IMAP. It's pretty easy. Bron.
