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Title: Filters and rules without managesieve
Post by: loxlay on March 19, 2025, 06:42:18 AM
I have a general question.
Is there a way to use filters and rules without managesieve? Managesieve works server based.
I imagine a rule/filter function on the client side, i.e. directly in Roundcube.
Is there a plugin for this or another possibility on a client basis?

Thanks and greetings
Robin
Title: Re: Filters and rules without managesieve
Post by: SKaero on March 19, 2025, 09:17:52 AM
There is a old client side filtering plugin https://github.com/roundcubevnz/roundcube-plugin-filters it doesn't seem to be supported anymore (last update in 2019) but there is a PR to make it work with Roundcube 1.6.x https://github.com/roundcubevnz/roundcube-plugin-filters/pull/3
Title: Re: Filters and rules without managesieve
Post by: loxlay on March 19, 2025, 12:18:19 PM
Great, it works!
Thank you
Title: Re: Filters and rules without managesieve
Post by: loxlay on March 21, 2025, 06:12:47 AM
Hello,
can it be that this plugin does not work user-based?
Do the filters set for global apply to all users who use the client?
Title: Re: Filters and rules without managesieve
Post by: SKaero on March 21, 2025, 09:29:25 AM
I don't know since I don't use the plugin.
Title: Re: Filters and rules without managesieve
Post by: JohnDoh on March 22, 2025, 03:31:05 AM
the plugin is an interface for configuring the rules only. how those are rules are stored and applied is controlled by the server. in dovecot for example you can have a global default set of rules and then if the user chooses they can create their own set of rules which override this default.
Title: Re: Filters and rules without managesieve
Post by: loxlay on March 24, 2025, 06:16:19 AM
OK, then I misunderstood. I thought it was a plugin that works client-based, completely independent of the server, just like many e-mail clients such as Thunderbird etc. do.
My initial tests seem to confirm this. The server is not involved in the rules.
Title: Re: Filters and rules without managesieve
Post by: SKaero on March 24, 2025, 09:05:33 AM
The plugin I linked to is completely client based unlike the managesieve plugin but it doesn't look like it supports any per user configuration.
Title: Re: Filters and rules without managesieve
Post by: loxlay on March 24, 2025, 11:20:27 AM
I have just done a test with different users. The plugin mentioned is user-based and runs purely on the client side.
Global settings for all users are also possible.
A very good plugin, thanks for the tip!