6. The Rule System

The rule system is a core part of GNU Anubis. It can be regarded as a program that is executed for every outgoing message.

Throughout this chapter, when showing syntax definitions, the optional parts of these will be enclosed in a pair of square brackets, e.g.:

keyword [optional-part] mandatory-part

When the square braces are required symbols, they will be marked as such, e.g.:

remove `['key`]'

The rule system is defined in RULE section. The statements within this section are executed sequentially. Each statement is either an action or a conditional statement.

6.1 Actions
6.2 Conditional Statements
6.3 Triggers
6.4 Boolean Operators
6.5 Regular Expressions
6.6 Action List
6.7 Using Guile Actions