Command Reference: Email

GAM Email Command Reference

Adapted with love from the GAM Cheat Sheet

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gam <who> <attributes/values>

where attributes and values are:

• language <language code>
• pagesize 25|50|100
• shortcuts|arrows|snippets|utf|webclips on|off
• signature <signature text>|(file <signature file>
  • [charset <Charset>])
  • (replace <Tag> <String>)*
  • [name <String>]
  • [replyto <EmailAddress>]
• vacation on|off
  • [subject <String>
  • (message <String>)|(file <FileName> [charset <CharSet>])
  • (replace <Tag> <String>)*
  • [html]
  • [contactsonly]
  • [domainonly]
  • [startdate <Date>]
  • [enddate <Date>]]
• [add] label <label name>
  • [messagelistvisibility hide|show]
  • [labellistvisibility hide|show|showifunread]
  • [backgroundcolor <color>]
  • [textcolor <color>]
• delete label <label name> |regex:<RegularExpression>|--ALL_LABELS--
• update label search <search> replace <replace> [merge]
• update labelsettings <label name> name <new label name>
  • [message_list_visibility show|hide]
  • [label_list_visibility show|hide|show_if_unread]
• show labels [onlyuser]
• filter from <email address> | to <email address> | subject <words> | haswords <words> | nowords <words> | musthaveattachment | label <label name> | markread | archive | star | forward <email address> | trash | neverspam
• delete|info filter <FilterIDEntity>
• [add]|update sendas
  • <email address>
  • <name>
  • [default]
  • [replyto <email address>]
  • [treatasalias <Boolean>]
  • [signature <String>|(file <FileName> [charset <CharSet>]) (replace <RegularExpression> <String>)*]
• delete sendas <email address>
• info sendas <email address] [format]
• pop on|off
  • [for allmail|newmail|fromnowown]
  • [action
    • keep |
    • leaveininbox |
    • archive |
    • delete |
    • trash |
    • markread]
• imap on|off
  • [noautoexpunge]
  • [expungebehavior archive|deleteforever|trash]
  • [maxfoldersize 0|1000|2000|5000|10000]
• forward on|off [email address] [keep|archive|delete]
• delegate to <user email>
• add delegate|forwardingaddress <user email>
• show delegates [csv]
• show forwardingaddress
• show vacation|filters|imap|pop|forward|profile
• show sendas|vacation|signature [format]
• print delegates|forwardingaddress [todrive]
• delete delegate|forwardingaddress <user email>
• profile shared|unshared
• update photo <photo filename>
• get photo [drivedir|(targetfolder <FilePath>)] [noshow]
• delete photo
• print filters|forward|sendas [todrive]

gam user <who> delete|trash|untrash messages|threads

• query <gmail search>
• [doit]
• [maxto<action> <number>]

gam user <who> modify messages

• addlabel|removelabel <label>
• query <gmail search>
• [doit]
• [maxto<action> <number>]

where <action> is: delete|trash|untrash|modify e.g. maxtotrash, maxtountrash