Make sure sieve is running on port 2000 and you can use this config option to rewrite hosts if you use a proxy: $config['sieve_rewrite_hosts']='localhost=imap.example.com,imapproxy=imap2.example.com'; $config['sieve_vacation_subject']='Optional globalvacation subject'; $config['sieve_usetls']=false; $config['sieve_port']=4190;