How To Set Up A Server-side E-mail Filter

Important Update at top of page (2004-05-11)
Important Update at bottom of page (2004-05-10)

1. Open Mulberry.
2. Select File then Preferences... from the main menu

3. Make sure Advanced is highlighted, and not Simple

4. Click on the Accounts tab.
   1. Select the Account: button, and look for a SIEVE entry.
      (More than likely this will not exist)
   2. If there is none, select New
      This will bring up a new window.
      1. in the Account Name field enter Sieve.SI
      2. For Account type select SIEVE Filtering - Manage SIEVE
      3. Click OK
   3. Server Name = sieve.si.umich.edu
   4. Authentication Method = GSSAPI
   5. Default Server Principal = Check
   6. Default User ID = Check
   7. Match User ID and Password = Check
   8. Click OK

5. Select Mailbox from the menu bar.
6. Select Rules it’s near the bottom.
7. When you get to the Rules screen, select the tab that says SIEVE.
   
8. Click the icon above Rule.
   
9. You’ll see a menu like this: (enter a name for the filter)
   
10. Then you need to define the criteria for the filter.
    There are two parts to this:
    1. what you want filtered (Find messages whose)
    2. what you want done with the filtered messages (Actions).
    You can select a variety of options for each.
    
11. If you want to add more criteria, hit More Choices.
    
12. Then you want to add Actions. Again, you have a variety of options.
    
    1. Keep will keep the message.
    2. Discard will keep delete the message. (Actions are done in the order you put them, so if you want to redirect the message, make sure you put Discard last. See Ex. 1 below.)
    3. Reject will bounce the message back to the sender.
    4. Redirect will forward the message to another e-mail address. (See Ex.1)
    5. File into will file the message into a folder. This is a good option if you want to get a look at your spam before it is deleted. Be sure to delete those messages periodically, however, as they do count towards your mail quota. (See Ex. 2)
    
    

    As with Find Messages whose, you can add actions by clicking on More Actions.

13. When you’re done, hit Ok.

14. Ex. 1
    

    Ex. 2
    

    2004-05-10 Additions below
15. Once you have a rule, or several rules defined, you will need to add them to a "script". If you don't already have a script, you'll need to create one by clicking the Script button, which is just to the right of the Rule button.
    1. It seems that you can only have one script.
    2. It appears that if you have a script named Default that is the one that Mulberry uses.

16. You will need to drag the rules you'd like to use into your script
17. Now, save your script to the server

1. Select your script (Default)
2. Click the Write button
3. Make sure Save to Server and Upload to Server and Activate are selected
4. Click the OK button
18. Since this is a server-side filter your email will now filter through the SIEVE service whether or not you're using Mulberry.
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