Sieve (mail filtering language)
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This article is about the programming language for email filtering. For other uses, see Sieve (disambiguation).
Sieve is a programming language that can be used for email filtering. It owes its creation to the CMU Cyrus Project, creators of Cyrus IMAP server.
Quick Facts Original author(s), Initial release ...
Original author(s) | University of Washington and Carnegie Mellon University[1] and standardized by Tim Showalter |
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Initial release | 1999; 25 years ago (1999)[1] |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Type | Email filtering |
Website | sieve |
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The language is not tied to any particular operating system or mail architecture. It requires the use of RFC-2822–compliant messages, but otherwise generalizes to other systems that meet these criteria. The current version of Sieve's base specification is outlined in RFC 5228, published in January 2008.