sieve - manual page for sieve (GNU Mailutils 0.6.93)

sieve [OPTION...] SCRIPT

GNU sieve -- a mail filtering tool

-c, --compile-only

Compile script and exit

-d, --debug[=FLAGS]

Debug flags (defaults to "TPt")

-D, --dump

Compile script, dump disassembled sieve code to terminal and exit

-e, --email=ADDRESS

Override user email address

-f, --mbox-url=MBOX

Mailbox to sieve (defaults to user's mail spool)

-k, --keep-going

Keep on going if execution fails on a message

--line-info[=BOOL]

Print source location along with action logs (default)

-n, --no-actions, --dry-run

Do not execute any actions, just print what would be done

-t, --ticket=TICKET

Ticket file for mailbox authentication

-v, --verbose

Log all actions

Common options --external-locker=PATH Set full path to the external locker program

--lock-expire-timeout=SECONDS

Number of seconds after which the lock expires

--lock-flags=FLAGS

Default locker flags (E=external, R=retry, T=time, P=pid)

--lock-retry-count=NUMBER

Set the maximum number of times to retry acquiring the lockfile

--lock-retry-timeout=SECONDS

Set timeout for acquiring the lockfile

-m, --mail-spool=URL

Use specified URL as a mailspool directory

--mailbox-type=PROTO

Default mailbox type to use

--license

Print license and exit

--log-facility=FACILITY

Output logs to syslog FACILITY

-M, --mailer=MAILER

Use specified URL as the default mailer

Sieve options

-I, --includedir=DIR

Append directory DIR to the list of directories searched for include files

-L, --libdir=DIR

Append directory DIR to the list of directories searched for library files

--tls[=BOOL]

Enable TLS support

-?, --help

Give this help list

--usage

Give a short usage message

-V, --version

Print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

Debug flags:

Report bugs to <bug-mailutils@gnu.org>.

The full documentation for sieve is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sieve programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info sieve

should give you access to the complete manual.