Ok, found the FAQ on this...
here's my settings and log entries..
sieve.log:
Aug 27 16:25:17 lda(jeff.mckeon@ashcortechnologies.com): Debug: sieve: script file /data/vmail/vmail1/ashcortechnologies.com/j/e/f/jeff.mckeon-2013.08.21.21.18.19//.dovecot.sieve not found
Aug 27 16:25:17 lda(jeff.mckeon@ashcortechnologies.com): Debug: sieve: user's script ~/.dovecot.sieve doesn't exist (using default script location instead)
Aug 27 16:25:17 lda(jeff.mckeon@ashcortechnologies.com): Debug: sieve: script file /data/vmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve not found
Aug 27 16:25:17 lda(jeff.mckeon@ashcortechnologies.com): Debug: sieve: default user script /data/vmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve doesn't exist
Aug 27 16:25:17 lda(jeff.mckeon@ashcortechnologies.com): Debug: sieve: user has no valid location for a personal script
Aug 27 16:25:17 lda(jeff.mckeon@ashcortechnologies.com): Debug: sieve: no scripts to execute: reverting to default delivery.
Aug 27 16:25:18 lda(jeff.mckeon@ashcortechnologies.com): Info: msgid=<20130827202506.GA7767@opsup.telaurus.net>: saved mail to INBOX
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole managesieve service.
# Reference: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Pigeonhole/Sieve/Configuration
# Per-user sieve settings.
sieve_dir = /%L%h/sieve/dovecot.sieve
sieve_dir = /%L%h/sieve/dovecot.sieve
# Global sieve settings.
sieve_global_dir = /data/vmail/sieve
sieve_global_path = /data/vmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve
#sieve_before =
#sieve_after =
mail directories:
/data/vmail/sieve/
dovecot.sieve.sample
linux01:/data/vmail/vmail1/ashcortechnologies.com/j/e/f/jeff.mckeon-2013.08.21.21.18.19/sieve
files: dovecot.sieve, dovecot.svbin, managesieve.sieve