imapcopy(LOCAL)imapcopy(LOCAL)NAME
imapcopy, imapmove - copy or move messages from an IMAP
inbox to a local mailbox
SYNTAX
imapcopy [-debug] [-verbose] host [mailbox]
imapmove [-debug] [-verbose] host [mailbox]
DESCRIPTION
imapcopy and imapmove establish an IMAP connection with
the named host and transfer messages from the IMAP INBOX
on that host to the named destination mailbox . If the
mailbox is not specified, the default is the local INBOX.
imapmove removes (deletes and expunges) the messages the
messages from the IMAP INBOX on host after transferring
them to the destination mailbox .
imapcopy and imapmove require that the destination mailbox
exist; otherwise they will print an error message and exit
without transferring any messages.
The -debug flag prints full debugging telemetry including
protocol operations. The -verbose flag prints verbose
(non-error) telemetry.
The mailbox name argument is a standard c-client mailbox
name. A variety of mailbox name formats and types of
mailboxes are supported by c-client; examples of the most
common forms of names are:
Name Meaning
INBOX primary incoming mail folder on the local
system
archive/tx-project
mail folder named "tx-project" in "archive"
subdirectory of local filesystem home
directory
{imapserver.foo.com}archive/tx-project
mail folder named "tx-project" in "archive"
subdirectory on IMAP server system
"imapserver.foo.com"
See your system manager for more information about the
types of mailboxes which are available on your system.
RESTRICTIONS
You must surround a {host}mailbox form mailbox name with
quotation marks if you run imapcopy from csh(1) or another
shell for which braces have special meaning.
AUTHOR
Mark Crispin, MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU
SEE ALSO
chkmail (1)
mbxcopy (1)
mbxcvt (1)
23 October 1996 imapcopy(LOCAL)
