mbxcopy(LOCAL)mbxcopy(LOCAL)NAME
mbxcopy, mbxmove - copy or move messages to a new mailbox
SYNTAX
mbxcopy source destination
mbxmove source destination
DESCRIPTION
mbxcopy and mbxmove transfer messages from the named
source mailbox to the named destination mailbox.
mbxmove removes (deletes and expunges) the messages the
messages from the source mailbox after transferring them
to the destination mailbox.
mbxcopy and mbxmove require that the source mailbox exists
and that the destination mailbox not exist. The
destination mailbox will be created automatically.
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"
#news.comp.mail.misc
newsgroup "comp.mail.misc" on local
filesystem. This is only useful as a
source mailbox. mbxmove will mark the
transferred messages in the user's .newsrc
file.
{newserver.foo.com/nntp}comp.mail.misc
newsgroup "comp.mail.misc" on NNTP server
system "newserver.foo.com" This is only
useful as a source mailbox. mbxmove will
mark the transferred messages in the user's
.newsrc file.
{popserver.foo.com/pop3}
mail folder on POP3 server system
"popserver.foo.com". This is only useful
as a source mailbox.
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 mbxcopy from csh(1) or another
shell for which braces have special meaning.
AUTHOR
Mark Crispin, MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU
SEE ALSO
chkmail (1)
imapcopy (1)
mbxcvt (1)
23 October 1996 mbxcopy(LOCAL)
