Your question
Hello World !
I wanted to know, do the filters to store emails in specific folders (for example) are supported??
By testing with Thunderbird for example, I don’t feel like there’s a synchronization of the filters (and that it’s just local).
Maybe for Thundermail coming, it can be interesting (I suggest)
I am still available to discuss this
Cheers 8/
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on
Yes, server-side filtering is supported. It is Sieve, and fileinto is exactly the “put this message in that folder” case you are asking about. Scripts run on the server at delivery time, so they apply no matter which client you use, and they fire for mail arriving while every client is closed.
Thunderbird’s built-in Message Filters are a different thing: they live in your local profile and run locally, which is why they do not sync and why nothing happens to mail that arrives while Thunderbird is not running. That matches what you saw. To edit server-side rules from Thunderbird there is a Sieve add-on that speaks ManageSieve.
Managing the scripts needs a ManageSieve listener, which is not enabled by default: it is a network listener with the manageSieve protocol, conventionally on port 4190. The admin UI also has a script editor if you would rather not set that up. stalw.art/docs/sieve/managesieve and stalw.art/docs/sieve/examples have the details.