---
name: "cyrus-timsieved"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "cyrus-common"
version: "3.10.2-1+deb13u2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cyrus-timsieved"
---

# cyrus-timsieved(8)

Cyrus IMAP documentation CMU hack for getting sieve scripts onto the server

## NAME

timsieved - Cyrus IMAP documentation

CMU hack for getting sieve scripts onto the server

## SYNOPSIS

```
timsieved [ -C config-file ]
```

## DESCRIPTION

**timsieved** *is a server that allows users to remotely manage their* *sieve scripts kept on the server.  It accepts commands on its standard* *input and responds on its standard output. It MUST be invoked by* *[master(8)](/master/8.md) with those descriptors attached to a remote client* *connection.*

*Cyrus admins who authenticate and authorize as themselves (e.g. don't* *proxy) manage global scripts.*

**timsieved** *reads its configuration options out of the [imapd.conf(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md) file unless specified otherwise by* **-C***.*

## OPTIONS

- **-C config-file**

  *Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the default [imapd.conf(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md).*

## EXAMPLES

**timsieved** *is commonly included in the SERVICES section of* *[cyrus.conf(5)](/cyrus.conf/5.md) like so:*

```
SERVICES {
    imap        cmd="imapd -U 30" listen="imap" prefork=0
    imaps       cmd="imapd -s -U 30" listen="imaps" prefork=0 maxchild=100
    pop3        cmd="pop3d -U 30" listen="pop3" prefork=0
    pop3s       cmd="pop3d -s -U 30" listen="pop3s" prefork=0 maxchild=100
    lmtpunix    cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/run/cyrus/socket/lmtp" prefork=0 maxchild=20
    sieve       cmd="timsieved" listen="sieve" prefork=0
    notify      cmd="notifyd" listen="/var/run/cyrus/socket/notify" proto="udp" prefork=1
    httpd       cmd="httpd" listen=8080 prefork=1 maxchild=20
}
```

## FILES

**/etc/imapd.conf,** **/etc/cyrus.conf**

## SEE ALSO

*[master(8)](/master/8.md)***,** *[imapd.conf(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md)***,** *[cyrus.conf(5)](/cyrus.conf/5.md)*

## AUTHOR

**The Cyrus Team, David Carter (dpc22@cam.ac.uk), Ken Murchison (ken@oceana.com), Nic Bernstein (Onlight)**

## COPYRIGHT

**1993–2025, The Cyrus Team**