NAME¶

imtar - archiving utility for mail/news messages

SYNOPSIS¶

imtar [OPTIONS] [FOLDER] [MSGS]

DESCRIPTION¶

The imtar command is an archiving utility for mail/news messages.

Messages are converted into a single MMDF file ("^A^A^A^A" + MSG + "^A^A^A^A", "^A^A^A^A" + MSG + "^A^A^A^A", ...). You can extract messages by the imget command.

This command is provided by IM (Internet Message).

OPTIONS¶

-s, --src=FOLDER

Set source folder. Default value is "+inbox". "--src=+xxx" is equivalent to "+xxx".

-d, --dst=STRING

Destination MMDF file. Default value is "./msgbox".

-n, --noharm={on,off}

No operation. Show what will happen.

-v, --verbose={on,off}

Print verbose messages when running.

--debug=DEBUG_OPTION

Print debug messages when running.

-h, --help

Display help message and exit.

--version

Output version information and exit.

COPYRIGHT¶

IM (Internet Message) is copyrighted by IM developing team. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the modified BSD license. See the copyright file for more details.