RE: Proposed Sieve extensions

[Ned Freed <Ned.Freed@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I really doubt that we
> > are going to have millions of internet users writing Sieve scripts.
> > I expect most services will have a easy point and click interface
> > to create the filter rules, hiding Sieve details.

> Exactly. It's up to us client-types to come up with a good interface for
> real human beings.

> What I think is a reasonable general goal, though, is that all other things
> being equal, the syntax be such that a reasonably adept sysadmin can
> understand it. And I don't see anything in Sieve at this point that's
> really that difficult to follow.

> Difficult to implement may be another issue, but I'd like to see more trial
> and error by several implementers off a relatively stable specification
> before making any conclusions.

FWIW, I have found nothing in the language syntax or core semantics hard
to implement. Sematics as relates to processing actions and message
access are another matter, but that's expected.

				Ned