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NAME

       sieve-test - Pigeonhole's Sieve script tester

SYNOPSIS

       sieve-test [options] script-file mail-file

DESCRIPTION

       The sieve-test command is part of the Pigeonhole Project (pigeonhole(7)), which adds Sieve
       (RFC 5228) support to the Dovecot secure IMAP and POP3 server (dovecot(1)).

       Using the sieve-test command, the execution of Sieve scripts can be tested. This evaluates
       the script for the provided message, yielding a set of Sieve actions. Unless the -e option
       is specified, it does not actually execute these actions, meaning that it does  not  store
       or  forward the message anywere. In stead, it prints a detailed list of what actions would
       normally take place.  Note  that,  even  when  -e  is  specified,  no  messages  are  ever
       transmitted  to remote SMTP recipients. The outgoing messages are always printed to stdout
       in stead.

       This is a very useful tool to debug the execution of Sieve scripts.  It  can  be  used  to
       verify newly installed scripts for the intended behaviour and it can provide more detailed
       information about script execution problems that are reported by  the  Sieve  plugin,  for
       example by tracing the execution and evaluation of commands and tests respectively.

OPTIONS

       -a orig-recipient-address
              The  original  envelope  recipient address. This is what Sieve's envelope test will
              compare to when the "to" envelope part is requested. Some tests  and  actions  will
              also  use this as the script owner's e-mail address. If this option is omitted, the
              recipient address is retrieved from the "Envelope-To:", or "To:"  message  headers.
              If  none  of  these  headers  is  present either, the recipient address defaults to
              recipient@example.com.

       -c config-file
              Alternative Dovecot configuration file path.

       -C     Force compilation. By default, the compiled binary is stored  on  disk.  When  this
              binary  is  found during the next execution of sieve-test and its modification time
              is more recent than the script file, it is used and  the  script  is  not  compiled
              again.  This  option  forces  the  script to be compiled, thus ignoring any present
              binary. Refer to sievec(1) for more information about Sieve compilation.

       -D     Enable Sieve debugging.

       -d dump-file
              Causes a dump of the generated code to be written to the specified  file.  This  is
              identical  to  the dump produced by sieve-dump(1). Using '-' as filename causes the
              dump to be written to stdout.

       -e     Enables true execution of the set of actions that results from running the  script.
              In  combination  with  the  -l  parameter,  the  actual delivery of messages can be
              tested. Note that this will not transmit any messages to  remote  SMTP  recipients.
              Such actions only print the outgoing message to stdout.

       -f envelope-sender
              The  envelope sender address (return path). This is what Sieve's envelope test will
              compare to when the "from" envelope part is requested. Also, this is where response
              messages  are 'sent' to. If this option is omitted, the sender address is retrieved
              from the "Return-Path:", "Sender:" or "From:" message headers.  If  none  of  these
              headers   is   present   either,   the   sender   envelope   address   defaults  to
              sender@example.com.

       -l mail-location
              The location of the user's mail store. The syntax of  this  option's  mail-location
              parameter is identical to what is used for the mail_location setting in the Dovecot
              config file. This parameter is typically used in combination with -e  to  test  the
              actual  delivery  of  messages.  If  -l is omitted when -e is specified, mail store
              actions like fileinto and keep are skipped.

       -m default-mailbox
              The mailbox where the keep action stores the message. This is "INBOX" by default.

       -r recipient-address
              The final envelope recipient address. Some tests and actions will use this  as  the
              script  owner's  e-mail  address. For example, this is what is used by the vacation
              action to check whether a reply is appropriate. If the -r option  is  omitted,  the
              orignal  envelope  recipient  address will be used in stead (see -a option for more
              info).

       -s script-file
              Specify additional scripts to be executed  before  the  main  script.  Multiple  -s
              arguments  are  allowed  and the specified scripts are executed sequentially in the
              order specified at the command line.

       -t trace-file
              Enables runtime trace debugging. Trace debugging provides detailed insight  in  the
              operations  performed  by  the  Sieve  script. Refer to the runtime trace debugging
              section below. The trace information is written to the specified file.   Using  '-'
              as filename causes the trace data to be written to stdout.

       -T trace-option
              Configures  runtime trace debugging, which is enabled with the -t option.  Refer to
              the runtime trace debugging section below.

       -x extensions
              Set the available extensions. The parameter is a space-separated list of the active
              extensions.  By prepending the extension identifiers with + or -, extensions can be
              included or excluded relative to the configured set of  active  extensions.  If  no
              extensions  have  a + or - prefix, only those extensions that are explicitly listed
              will be enabled. Unknown extensions are ignored and a warning is produced.

              For example -x "+imapflags -enotify" will enable the deprecated imapflags extension
              and disable the enotify extension. The rest of the active extensions depends on the
              sieve_extensions and  sieve_global_extensions  settings.  By  default,  i.e.   when
              sieve_extensions  and  sieve_global_extensions  remain  unconfigured, all supported
              extensions are available, except for deprecated extensions or those that are  still
              under development.

ARGUMENTS

       script-file
              Specifies the script to (compile and) execute.

              Note  that  this  tool looks for a pre-compiled binary file with a .svbin extension
              and with basename and path identical to the specified script. Use the -C option  to
              disable this behavior by forcing the script to be compiled into a new binary.

       mail-file
              Specifies the file containing the e-mail message to test with.

USAGE

   RUNTIME TRACE DEBUGGING
       Using  the  -t  option,  the  sieve-test  tool  can  be configured to print detailed trace
       information on the Sieve script execution to a file or standard output. For  example,  the
       encountered commands, the performed tests and the matched values can be printed.

       The  runtime  trace can be configured using the -T option, which can be specified multiple
       times. It can be used as follows:

       -Tlevel=...
         Set the detail level of the  trace  debugging.  One  of  the  following  values  can  be
         supplied:

         actions (default)
            Only print executed action commands, like keep, fileinto, reject and redirect.

         commands
            Print any executed command, excluding test commands.

         tests
            Print all executed commands and performed tests.

         matching
            Print all executed commands, performed tests and the values matched in those tests.

       -Tdebug
         Print  debug  messages as well. This is usually only useful for developers and is likely
         to produce messy output.

       -Taddresses
         Print byte code addresses for the current trace output. Normally, only the current Sieve
         source  code  position  (line  number)  is printed. The byte code addresses are equal to
         those listed in a binary dump produced using the  -d  option  or  by  the  sieve-dump(1)
         command.

   DEBUG SIEVE EXTENSION
       To  improve  script  debugging, this Sieve implementation supports a custom Sieve language
       extension called 'vnd.dovecot.debug'. It adds the debug_log command  that  allows  logging
       debug messages.

       Example:

       require "vnd.dovecot.debug";

       if header :contains "subject" "hello" {

         debug_log "Subject header contains hello!";

       }

       Tools  such  as  sieve-test,  sievec and sieve-dump have support for the vnd.dovecot.debug
       extension enabled by default and it is not necessary to enable nor possible to disable the
       availability of the debug extension with the -x option. The logged messages are written to
       stdout in this case.

       In contrast, for the  actual  Sieve  plugin  for  the  Dovecot  LDA  (dovecot-lda(1))  the
       vnd.dovecot.debug  extension  needs  to  be  enabled explicitly using the sieve_extensions
       setting. The messages are then logged to the user's private script log file. If used in  a
       global script, the messages are logged through the default Dovecot logging facility.

EXIT STATUS

       sieve-test will exit with one of the following values:

       0   Execution was successful. (EX_OK, EXIT_SUCCESS)

       1   Operation failed. This is returned for almost all failures.  (EXIT_FAILURE)

       64  Invalid parameter given. (EX_USAGE)

FILES

       /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
              Dovecot's main configuration file.

       /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-sieve.conf
              Sieve interpreter settings (included from Dovecot's main configuration file)

REPORTING BUGS

       Report   bugs,   including   doveconf   -n   output,   to   the   Dovecot   Mailing   List
       <dovecot@dovecot.org>.   Information  about  reporting  Dovecot  and  Pigeonhole  bugs  is
       available at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

SEE ALSO

       dovecot(1), dovecot-lda(1), sieve-dump(1), sieve-filter(1), sievec(1), pigeonhole(7)