3.9.1.1 Invoking sieve

The sieve invocation syntax is:

     sieve [options] script

where script denotes the filename of the sieve program to parse, and options is one or more of the following:

-c

--compile-only

Compile script and exit.

--clear-library-path

--clearpath

Clear Sieve library path. See also clear-library-path.

--clear-include-path

Clear Sieve include path. See also clear-include-path.

-d[flags]

--debug[=flags]

Specify debug flags. The flags argument is a sequence of one or more of the following letters:

‘g’	Enable main parser traces
‘T’	Enable mailutils traces
‘P’	Trace network protocols
‘t’	Enable sieve trace
‘i’	Trace the program instructions

-D

--dump

Compile the script, dump disassembled code on standard output and exit.

-e address

--email address

Override the user email address. This is useful for reject and redirect actions. By default, the user email address is deduced from the user name and the full name of the machine where sieve is executed. See also email.

-I dir

--includedir=dir

Append directory dir to the list of directories searched for include files. See also include-path.

-f

--mbox-url=mbox

Mailbox to sieve (defaults to user's system mailbox). See also mbox-url.

-k

--keep-going

Keep on going if execution fails on a message. See also keep-going.

-L dir

--libdir=dir

Append directory dir to the list of directories searched for library files. See also library-path.

-n

--no-actions

Dry run: do not execute any actions, just print what would be done.

-t ticket

--ticket=ticket

Ticket file for mailbox authentication. See also ticket.

-v

--verbose

Log all actions executed. See also verbose.