dovecot - Nov 2016 - Sieve script won't compile. Compiler output isn't helpful.

Hello Martin,

Wow. That was indeed the problem. I have been staring at that small 
script for a week and I just couldn't see it. I even had a friend look 
at it and he couldn't find it either. I feel a bit ridiculous now.


Thanks so much for your help,

Steven


On 11/30/2016 04:48 AM, Martin Wheldon wrote:
> Hi Steven,
>
> OK a on closer inspection :)
>
> You are missing a closing double quote on line 59:
>
>> fileinto :create "Lists/Debain/News;
>
> should be:
>
> fileinto :create "Lists/Debain/News";
>
> Best Regards
>
> Martin
>
> On 2016-11-30 09:30, Steven Mainor wrote:
>> Hey martin,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply! I made the changes you suggested but I got the
>> same results.
>>
>> According to my understanding, #header "from" "person at
example.com"# is
>> correct for an exact match.
>>
>>
>> On 11/30/2016 04:10 AM, Martin Wheldon wrote:
>>> Hi Steven,
>>>
>>> I think you may be missing the :contains from the two header lines 
>>> below:
>>>
>>>> if anyof (header "From" "store-news at
amazon.com",
>>>>          envelope :contains "From"
"menswearhouse.com",
>>>>          envelope :contains "From"
"officedepot.com",
>>>>          envelope :contains "From"
"walgreens.com",
>>>>          header "From" "promo at
email.newegg.com") {
>>>>     fileinto :create "Promo";
>>>>     stop;
>>>
>>> if anyof (header :contains "From" "store-news at
amazon.com",
>>>           envelope :contains "From"
"menswearhouse.com",
>>>           envelope :contains "From"
"officedepot.com",
>>>           envelope :contains "From"
"walgreens.com",
>>>           header :contains "From" "promo at
email.newegg.com") {
>>>      fileinto :create "Promo";
>>>      stop;
>>>
>>> Hope that helps
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> On 2016-11-30 08:47, Steven Mainor wrote:
>>>> Hello! I hope you will forgive my ignorance but I have a
problem I
>>>> have been trying to solve for a week and I'm not sure where
else to
>>>> turn.
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to write a sieve script to sort all of my mail.
I was
>>>> writing this script to replace the one I am currently using but
I
>>>> can't seem to get it to compile. I don't know a lot
about sieve or
>>>> really scripting of any kind and I just can't figure out
what I'm
>>>> doing wrong.
>>>>
>>>> The compiler just puts out a bunch of output that doesn't
make sense.
>>>> like "unexpected character" when I know the character
works there
>>>> because I am already running a script with some of the same
lines.
>>>>
>>>> I'm attaching the script with some names and addresses
changed and the
>>>> sieve output to this email.
>>>>
>>>> I would greatly appreciate any help anyone could offer.

Op 30-11-2016 om 11:04 schreef Steven Mainor:
> Hello Martin,
>
> Wow. That was indeed the problem. I have been staring at that small 
> script for a week and I just couldn't see it. I even had a friend look 
> at it and he couldn't find it either. I feel a bit ridiculous now.
Making the handling/reporting of unterminated quoted strings better has 
been on my list for a while now. You're the first to actually complain 
about it so far. :)

The main problem is that Sieve quoted strings are allowed to contain 
newlines, which means that a string doesn't necessarily end before the 
end of the line.

Regards,

Stephan.
>
> On 11/30/2016 04:48 AM, Martin Wheldon wrote:
>> Hi Steven,
>>
>> OK a on closer inspection :)
>>
>> You are missing a closing double quote on line 59:
>>
>>> fileinto :create "Lists/Debain/News;
>>
>> should be:
>>
>> fileinto :create "Lists/Debain/News";
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> On 2016-11-30 09:30, Steven Mainor wrote:
>>> Hey martin,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply! I made the changes you suggested but I got
the
>>> same results.
>>>
>>> According to my understanding, #header "from"
"person at example.com"# is
>>> correct for an exact match.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/30/2016 04:10 AM, Martin Wheldon wrote:
>>>> Hi Steven,
>>>>
>>>> I think you may be missing the :contains from the two header
lines
>>>> below:
>>>>
>>>>> if anyof (header "From" "store-news at
amazon.com",
>>>>>          envelope :contains "From"
"menswearhouse.com",
>>>>>          envelope :contains "From"
"officedepot.com",
>>>>>          envelope :contains "From"
"walgreens.com",
>>>>>          header "From" "promo at
email.newegg.com") {
>>>>>     fileinto :create "Promo";
>>>>>     stop;
>>>>
>>>> if anyof (header :contains "From" "store-news at
amazon.com",
>>>>           envelope :contains "From"
"menswearhouse.com",
>>>>           envelope :contains "From"
"officedepot.com",
>>>>           envelope :contains "From"
"walgreens.com",
>>>>           header :contains "From" "promo at
email.newegg.com") {
>>>>      fileinto :create "Promo";
>>>>      stop;
>>>>
>>>> Hope that helps
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards
>>>>
>>>> Martin
>>>>
>>>> On 2016-11-30 08:47, Steven Mainor wrote:
>>>>> Hello! I hope you will forgive my ignorance but I have a
problem I
>>>>> have been trying to solve for a week and I'm not sure
where else to
>>>>> turn.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to write a sieve script to sort all of my
mail. I was
>>>>> writing this script to replace the one I am currently using
but I
>>>>> can't seem to get it to compile. I don't know a lot
about sieve or
>>>>> really scripting of any kind and I just can't figure
out what I'm
>>>>> doing wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>> The compiler just puts out a bunch of output that
doesn't make sense.
>>>>> like "unexpected character" when I know the
character works there
>>>>> because I am already running a script with some of the same
lines.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm attaching the script with some names and addresses
changed and
>>>>> the
>>>>> sieve output to this email.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would greatly appreciate any help anyone could offer.

Hey Stephan, 

Its okay I should have been able to spot that as many times as I read it. I feel
very silly about it.

I just recently started using sieve but already I love how powerful it is. 

Thanks, 
Steven

On November 30, 2016 5:44:55 AM EST, Stephan Bosch <stephan at
rename-it.nl> wrote:
>
>
>Op 30-11-2016 om 11:04 schreef Steven Mainor:
>> Hello Martin,
>>
>> Wow. That was indeed the problem. I have been staring at that small 
>> script for a week and I just couldn't see it. I even had a friend
>look 
>> at it and he couldn't find it either. I feel a bit ridiculous now.
>
>Making the handling/reporting of unterminated quoted strings better has
>
>been on my list for a while now. You're the first to actually complain 
>about it so far. :)
>
>The main problem is that Sieve quoted strings are allowed to contain 
>newlines, which means that a string doesn't necessarily end before the 
>end of the line.
>
>Regards,
>
>Stephan.
>
>>
>> On 11/30/2016 04:48 AM, Martin Wheldon wrote:
>>> Hi Steven,
>>>
>>> OK a on closer inspection :)
>>>
>>> You are missing a closing double quote on line 59:
>>>
>>>> fileinto :create "Lists/Debain/News;
>>>
>>> should be:
>>>
>>> fileinto :create "Lists/Debain/News";
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> On 2016-11-30 09:30, Steven Mainor wrote:
>>>> Hey martin,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the reply! I made the changes you suggested but I
got
>the
>>>> same results.
>>>>
>>>> According to my understanding, #header "from"
"person at example.com"#
>is
>>>> correct for an exact match.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/30/2016 04:10 AM, Martin Wheldon wrote:
>>>>> Hi Steven,
>>>>>
>>>>> I think you may be missing the :contains from the two
header lines
>
>>>>> below:
>>>>>
>>>>>> if anyof (header "From" "store-news at
amazon.com",
>>>>>>          envelope :contains "From"
"menswearhouse.com",
>>>>>>          envelope :contains "From"
"officedepot.com",
>>>>>>          envelope :contains "From"
"walgreens.com",
>>>>>>          header "From" "promo at
email.newegg.com") {
>>>>>>     fileinto :create "Promo";
>>>>>>     stop;
>>>>>
>>>>> if anyof (header :contains "From"
"store-news at amazon.com",
>>>>>           envelope :contains "From"
"menswearhouse.com",
>>>>>           envelope :contains "From"
"officedepot.com",
>>>>>           envelope :contains "From"
"walgreens.com",
>>>>>           header :contains "From" "promo at
email.newegg.com") {
>>>>>      fileinto :create "Promo";
>>>>>      stop;
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope that helps
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Martin
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2016-11-30 08:47, Steven Mainor wrote:
>>>>>> Hello! I hope you will forgive my ignorance but I have
a problem
>I
>>>>>> have been trying to solve for a week and I'm not
sure where else
>to
>>>>>> turn.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to write a sieve script to sort all of
my mail. I was
>>>>>> writing this script to replace the one I am currently
using but I
>>>>>> can't seem to get it to compile. I don't know a
lot about sieve
>or
>>>>>> really scripting of any kind and I just can't
figure out what I'm
>>>>>> doing wrong.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The compiler just puts out a bunch of output that
doesn't make
>sense.
>>>>>> like "unexpected character" when I know the
character works there
>>>>>> because I am already running a script with some of the
same
>lines.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm attaching the script with some names and
addresses changed
>and 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> sieve output to this email.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would greatly appreciate any help anyone could offer.

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On Wed, 30 Nov 2016, Stephan Bosch wrote:
> Op 30-11-2016 om 11:04 schreef Steven Mainor:
> The main problem is that Sieve quoted strings are allowed to contain 
> newlines, which means that a string doesn't necessarily end before the
end of
> the line.
perl does display a comment in this case:

(Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 2)

I find this info very helpful.

- -- 
Steffen Kaiser
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