i wrote a short perl module for accessing a SIEVE server (timsieved in particular) over a TCP socket. it only supports AUTHENTICATION PLAIN for now. when i have more spare time, i might implement others. http://soth.at/perl/Mail-SIEVEClient/ the module is entirely in Perl, so it can be used under mod_perl (unlike Cyrus' modules, which allocate memory all over the place, but don't bother to free it). this is a "quick hack", but it works for me. it is not on CPAN yet, but i will submit it (and work on it) if enough people show interest. cheers, -- Toni Andjelkovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>