sieveshell — Cyrus IMAP 3.12.1 documentation

# sieveshell

## 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.