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RFC 3028: Sieve: A Mail Filtering Language

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 5228, RFC 5429.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 5228 — Sieve: An Email Filtering Language; RFC 5429 — Sieve Email Filtering: Reject and Extended Reject Extensions

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document describes a language for filtering e-mail messages at time of final delivery. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC3028
Published
January 2001
Authors
T. Showalter
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
36
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 5228, RFC 5429

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 3028 (2001)
  2. RFC 5228 (2008)
  3. RFC 5429 (2009) ✓

Read the full history of Sieve Email Filtering: Reject and Extended Reject Extensions →

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