Add imap_mail_archiver.sh

bin/imap_mail_archiver.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script makes use of the archivemail script, which in turn requires python 2.3 (at least)
+# See: http://archivemail.sourceforge.net/
+# See: http://archivemail.sourceforge.net/manpage.html
+#
+# The list of IMAP directories can be had, with a little processing, by running
+# the folling in a new Terminal session:
+#
+# > telnet mail.example.com 143
+#  Trying 123.456.789.12...
+#  Connected to mail.example.com (123.456.789.12).
+#  Escape character is '^]'.
+#  * OK IMAP4 ready
+#
+#  . LOGIN accountname@mail.example.com passwordhere
+#  . OK LOGIN completed
+#  . list "" "*"
+#  . LOGOUT
+# For more information, including connecting via openssl, see: http://bobpeers.com/technical/telnet_imap
+
+username='username'
+password=''
+hostname='mail.example.com'
+output_dir='/Users/username/archive/mail/${username}_at_${hostname}'
+archive_before_date='2011-01-01'
+
+imap_directories=('INBOX')
+if ('username' -eq "${username}") {
+  imap_directories=( "INBOX" "Sent Items" )
+}
+
+function archive_folder() {
+  folder_name=$1
+  # escaped=`echo "$1" | sed 's/[[:space:]]/\\\ /g'`
+
+  archive_dir=`dirname "${output_dir}/${folder_name}"`
+
+  # Remove the -n flag to perform a real backup
+  # We don't compress to allow an indexable copy for local use on a user's machine
+  # Preserve unread maintains the read state of messages. Otherwise they'd be marked as read.
+  # Flagged messages are not archived by default (without --include-flagged).
+  archivemail -n -D ${archive_before_date} --include-flagged --no-compress --preserve-unread \
+    --output-dir="${archive_dir}" \
+    "imap://${username}:${password}@${hostname}/${folder_name}"
+}
+
+if [ -d '${output_dir}' ]; then
+  cd '${output_dir}';
+fi
+
+tLen=${#imap_directories[@]}
+for (( i=0; i<${tLen}; i++ )); do
+  f=${imap_directories[$i]}
+  if [[ "${f}" =~ "/" ]]; then
+    # echo "Subfolder found ${f}"
+    if [ ! -d "${output_dir}/${f}" ]; then
+      echo "Creating folder: ${output_dir}/${f}"
+      mkdir -p "${output_dir}/${f}"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  archive_folder "${f}"
+done
+exit 0
+
+# 16apr12 - initial version