IMAP Utils

Collection of small script useful to manage IMAP account.

Homepage

<http://cihar.com/software/imap-utils/>

License

GNU GPL version 3 or later.

Configuration

All utils share ~/.imap-utils configuration file. IMAP connection is configuration section:

[IMAP]
host = hostname ; Host where to connect
login = user ; User name
password = password ; Password
ssl = 1 ; Whether to use SSL
simulate = 1 ; Do not perform actions, only simulate
verbose = 1 ; Print what is going on

imap-purge

Purges old emails from defined folders. Configuration sections:

[purge]
folder = <read>,<unread> ; Purges mails in folder

[purge-recursive]
folder = <read>,<unread> ; Purges mails in folder and sub folders

Read mails are purged after <read> days, unread after <unread> days.

imap-folders

Creates folders on IMAP. Configuration sections:

[create]
folder = 1
anotherfolder = 1

imap-stats

Lists number of unread/unseen mails on IMAP.

store-message

Stores message from stdin to folder defined by first argument.

process-messages

Reads all messages from folder (first argument) and passes them to external program (second argument).

Bug reporting

Please report found bugs to <https://github.com/nijel/imap-utils/issues>.

Version control

Developed in Git on GitHub: https://github.com/nijel/imap-utils