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| <properties> |
| <title>Overview</title> |
| <author email="server-dev@james.apache.org">jSieve Project</author> |
| </properties> |
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| <body> |
| <section name="What is jSieve?"> |
| <p> |
| jSieve is a Java implementation of the Sieve mail filtering |
| language defined by |
| <a href='https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5228'>RFC 5228</a> |
| . jSieve is implemented as a language processor that can be |
| plugged into any internet mail application to add Sieve support. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| jSieve is a subproject of |
| <a href='http://james.apache.org'>Apache JAMES</a> |
| . All who are interested in developing jSieve and JAMES will be |
| warmly welcomed on the |
| <a href='mail-lists.html'>mailing lists</a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <p>jSieve consists of three products:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li> |
| <a href='core/index.html'>Apache JSieve</a> |
| is a Sieve library coded in Java. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <a href='mailet/index.html'>Apache JSieve Mailet</a> |
| is a |
| <a href='http://james.apache.org/mailet'>Mailet</a> |
| which builds on the JSieve library to create a comprehensive |
| server side Sieve filtering system. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <a href='util/index.html'>Apache JSieve Utilities</a> |
| contains utility classes helpful when using Sieve but not |
| considered sufficiently core to be included in the main |
| library. |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <subsection name='What is Sieve?'> |
| <p> |
| Sieve is an extensible mail filtering language. It's limited |
| expressiveness (no loops or variables, no tests with side |
| effects) allows user created scripts to be run safely on email |
| servers. Sieve is targeted at the final delivery phase (where |
| an incoming email is transferred to a user's mailbox). |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Sieve scripts are composed of commands. Control commands |
| manage the execution of the script. Test commands define |
| side-effect free criteria. Action commands are mail operations |
| to be performed. |
| </p> |
| </subsection> |
| </section> |
| <section name='Extensions Supported'> |
| <subsection name='Body Extension'> |
| <abbr title='Sieve Email Filtering: Body Extension'><a href='http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5173'>RFC 5173</a></abbr> describes |
| an extension command that tests the body of an email for one or more strings. |
| </subsection> |
| <subsection name='Sieve-In-Xml'> |
| <p> |
| <a href='http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-freed-sieve-in-xml-04' rel='tag'>Sieve-in-xml</a> is an Internet Draft. |
| It describes a method for converting Sieve scripts to and from XML fragments. |
| <a href='util/index.html'>JSieve Utilities</a> contains an experimental preview of a subset of this draft |
| to allow early feedback. <a href='util/index.html#Sieve In Xml'>More...</a> |
| </p> |
| </subsection> |
| </section> |
| <section name="News"> |
| <h4>May/2010 - jSieve-0.4 released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Apache JAMES team is happy to announce the availability of |
| <a href='http://james.apache.org/download.cgi#Apache%20JSieve'> |
| Apache jSieve 0.5 |
| </a> |
| See <a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10412&version=12314991&styleName=Html'>release notes</a> |
| for more details. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The Apache JAMES team is happy to announce the availability of |
| <a href='http://james.apache.org/download.cgi#Apache%20JSieve'> |
| Apache jSieve 0.4 |
| </a> |
| See <a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10412&styleName=Html&version=12313855'>release notes</a> |
| for more details. |
| </p> |
| <h4>Jun/2008 - jSieve-0.3 released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Apache JAMES team is happy to announce the availability of |
| <a href='http://james.apache.org/download.cgi#Apache%20JSieve'> |
| Apache jSieve 0.3 |
| </a> |
| . This is the first modular release including a filtering |
| <a href='http://james.apache.org/mailet'>mailet</a> as well as many fixes |
| and improvements. See the |
| <a href='http://james.apache.org/jsieve/0.3/release-notes.html'>release notes</a> |
| for more details. |
| </p> |
| <h4>Aug/2008 - jSieve-0.2 released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Apache JAMES team is happy to announce the availability of |
| <a href='http://james.apache.org/download.cgi#jsieve'> |
| Apache jSieve 0.2 |
| </a> |
| . This first public release is a major milestone for JSieve. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
| </body> |
| </document> |
