The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'SIEVE Email Filtering: IMAP flag Extension '
<draft-ietf-sieve-imapflags-05.txt> as a Proposed Standard
This document is the product of the Sieve Mail Filtering Language Working
Group.
The IESG contact persons are Lisa Dusseault and Ted Hardie.
A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-sieve-imapflags-05.txt
Technical Summary
The SIEVE imap4flags extension provides the ability for a
SIEVE script to set flags on messages as they are delivered
into an IMAP message store.
The extension defines a number of new actions, and modifies
two existing actions to allow the setting of flags. It can
be used in the presence of the variables extension, or without
it.
The draft has a description of how interactions with other
SIEVE extensions/actions are handled.
There is a security considerations section.
This draft is being submitted for Proposed Standard.
Working Group Summary
The imap4flags extension was originally submitted as an
individual contribution several years ago. It has had minor
changes since then, mostly in relation to its interaction with
the variable extension. There are now several deployed
implementations of this specification. Working group last call
was issued in September 2005 and a number of minor
clarifications and errors were fixed based on comments, and
subsequent post-last-call comments.
Protocol Quality
Many implementations of this extension have already been
developed and deployed. Most participants are eager to see
this spec published as an RFC.
There were at least 6 individuals (not including WG chairs)
who posted comments during or post WG last call, and who
indicated approval of the spec, with the WGLC changes
included.
The SIEVE WG has reviewed the draft and discussed it at
several meetings. Last-call (and post last-call) reviews
included:
- Philip Guenther
- David Cridland
- Aaron Stone
- Ken Murchison
- Ned Freed
Lisa Dusseault reviewed this spec for the IESG.
Note to RFC Editor
On publication, please remove Section 0 (zero)
IANA Note
Yoshiko Chong reviewed this for IANA. There is an IANA action to register a
new SIEVE extension.