Sieve script auto reply is broken

Terry · 17 Nov 2020, 04:47 PM

My sieve out reply is broken it use to notify every day now its every 4 days.
I have sieve days:0 and it was ok now that function does not work, is there a work round I have tried day: days: 0 and other 0's nothing works....

hbs · 17 Nov 2020, 06:41 PM

Do you mean the vacation autoresponder? That one is documented in RFC 5230 - Sieve Email Filtering: Vacation Extension.

The RFC says:

Code:

4.  Vacation Action

   Usage:   vacation [":days" number] [":subject" string]
                     [":from" string] [":addresses" string-list]
                     [":mime"] [":handle" string] <reason: string>

   The "vacation" action implements a vacation autoresponder similar to
   the vacation command available under many versions of Unix.  Its
   purpose is to provide correspondents with notification that the user
   is away for an extended period of time and that they should not
   expect quick responses.

   "Vacation" is used to respond to a message with another message.
   Vacation's messages are always addressed to the Return-Path address
   (that is, the envelope from address) of the message being responded
   to.

Usage of days parameter would be :days 0 instead of days:0

Addendum and correction:

I've just checked my own Sieve script which contains an autoresponder and I don't use :days 0 but :seconds 0.

This one is covered in RFC 6131 Sieve Vacation Extension: "Seconds" Parameter. Moreover, RFC 6131 explictly states: If ":seconds 0" is specified and used, it means that all auto-replies are sent, and no attempt is made to suppress consecutive replies. This differs from the base vacation specification [RFC 5230], which does not allow a time period of zero (":days 0" is forbidden); [...]

So, just use :seconds 0 instead of the forbidden :days 0.

H.

Terry · 17 Nov 2020, 07:07 PM

Thank you, I had :days 0 but of course that was broke.

I tried seconds and that worked.

Thank you so much.

17 Nov 2020, 04:47 PM	#1
Terry The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VK4 Posts: 3,013	Sieve script auto reply is broken My sieve out reply is broken it use to notify every day now its every 4 days. I have sieve days:0 and it was ok now that function does not work, is there a work round I have tried day: days: 0 and other 0's nothing works.... Last edited by Terry : 17 Nov 2020 at 07:21 PM.

17 Nov 2020, 06:41 PM	#2
hbs Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 23	Do you mean the vacation autoresponder? That one is documented in RFC 5230 - Sieve Email Filtering: Vacation Extension. The RFC says: Code: 4. Vacation Action Usage: vacation [":days" number] [":subject" string] [":from" string] [":addresses" string-list] [":mime"] [":handle" string] <reason: string> The "vacation" action implements a vacation autoresponder similar to the vacation command available under many versions of Unix. Its purpose is to provide correspondents with notification that the user is away for an extended period of time and that they should not expect quick responses. "Vacation" is used to respond to a message with another message. Vacation's messages are always addressed to the Return-Path address (that is, the envelope from address) of the message being responded to. Usage of days parameter would be :days 0 instead of days:0 Addendum and correction: I've just checked my own Sieve script which contains an autoresponder and I don't use :days 0 but :seconds 0. This one is covered in RFC 6131 Sieve Vacation Extension: "Seconds" Parameter. Moreover, RFC 6131 explictly states: If ":seconds 0" is specified and used, it means that all auto-replies are sent, and no attempt is made to suppress consecutive replies. This differs from the base vacation specification [RFC 5230], which does not allow a time period of zero (":days 0" is forbidden); [...] So, just use :seconds 0 instead of the forbidden :days 0. H. Last edited by hbs : 17 Nov 2020 at 07:04 PM. Reason: Addendum and correction

17 Nov 2020, 07:07 PM	#3
Terry The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VK4 Posts: 3,013	Thank you, I had :days 0 but of course that was broke. I tried seconds and that worked. Thank you so much.