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0 pointsjph007y ago0 comments

fastmail lets you write complete scripts for filtering using the Sieve programming language. https://www.fastmail.com/help/technical/sieve.html

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loeg7y ago

Sieve is great. I highly recommend it over, say, procmail, or Outlook filters (especially Outlook Web Access).

h1d7y ago

Isn't procmail dead?

loeg7y ago

What does dead mean to you? It still compiles and you can install it from various binary repositories.

h1d7y ago

It's not even maintained and the official site seems long gone. How do you see this as alive?

mehrdadn7y ago

Holy cow, I will have to look into this. Thanks a ton!!

y4mi7y ago

filters cannot be applied retroactively, however.

be sure to write your filters before receiving anything. Especially important if you're importing your email for the first time... and insanely annoying if you want to debug such an advanced filter.

as always with fastmail: It has great features... but always with a massive caveat.

dataflow7y ago

Ooooof, wow, thanks for the heads up. There's no way that's going to work... I edit my filters and apply them retroactively... There's no way I can set them in stone the first time. :( is there any email service that doesn't have this limitation?

pard687y ago

Its not on FastMail, its on Sieve. It is a hook that runs on receiving. To my knowledge if you want Sieve this is the only option. I use it with Protonmail and it is the same way. I also run it on my own mailserver.

One nice thing, for me at least, is it runs prior to the email ending up in your inbox and I am uses to Outlook rules were rules execute post arrival.

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tya997y ago

Wouldn't using something like https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter also be an option?

It would be awesome if some day there was a "jmapfilter". I think JMAP would be really efficient for this use case.

bad_user7y ago

Most of my filters are simple searches. And if you can search, you can apply it retroactively.

Also FastMail’s search works for any email header so it can be more potent than that of Gmail.

I wonder why can’t they add a checkbox to apply the rules retroactively. Seems to be simple enough.

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loeg7y ago

Sieve is great. I highly recommend it over, say, procmail, or Outlook filters (especially Outlook Web Access).

h1d7y ago

Isn't procmail dead?

loeg7y ago

What does dead mean to you? It still compiles and you can install it from various binary repositories.

h1d7y ago

It's not even maintained and the official site seems long gone. How do you see this as alive?

mehrdadn7y ago

Holy cow, I will have to look into this. Thanks a ton!!

y4mi7y ago

filters cannot be applied retroactively, however.

be sure to write your filters before receiving anything. Especially important if you're importing your email for the first time... and insanely annoying if you want to debug such an advanced filter.

as always with fastmail: It has great features... but always with a massive caveat.

dataflow7y ago

pard687y ago

One nice thing, for me at least, is it runs prior to the email ending up in your inbox and I am uses to Outlook rules were rules execute post arrival.

1 more reply

tya997y ago

Wouldn't using something like https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter also be an option?

It would be awesome if some day there was a "jmapfilter". I think JMAP would be really efficient for this use case.

bad_user7y ago

Most of my filters are simple searches. And if you can search, you can apply it retroactively.

Also FastMail’s search works for any email header so it can be more potent than that of Gmail.

I wonder why can’t they add a checkbox to apply the rules retroactively. Seems to be simple enough.

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