NAME¶
imapfilter —
mail filter
SYNOPSIS¶
| imapfilter |
[-iVv]
[-c
configfile]
[-d
debugfile]
[-e
'command']
[-l
logfile] |
DESCRIPTION¶
imapfilter is a mail filtering utility. It connects to remote
mail servers using the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), sends
searching queries to the server and processes mailboxes based on the results.
It can be used to delete, copy, move, flag, etc. messages residing in
mailboxes at the same or different mail servers. The 4rev1 and 4 versions of
the IMAP protocol are supported.
The command line options of
imapfilter(1) are as follows:
- -c
configfile
- Path to the configuration file. The default is
$HOME/.imapfilter/config.lua.
- -d
debugfile
- File that contains debugging information about the full
communication with the server, along with other inner workings'
details.
- -e
'command'
- May be used to enter “one line” of
configuration, while it is also possible to pipe a full configuration as a
string. When this options is used, a configuration file will not be
loaded.
- -i
- Enters interactive mode after executing the configuration
file.
- -l
logfile
- File that contains logs of error messages produced.
- -V
- Displays version and copyright information.
- -v
- Enables printing of some brief details of the communication
with the server.
ENVIRONMENT¶
HOME- User's home directory.
FILES¶
- $HOME/.imapfilter/config.lua
- Default configuration file. Because this file may contain
sensitive data such as user passwords, the recommended permissions are
read/write for the user, and not accessible by others.
- $HOME/.imapfilter/certificates
- File where the SSL/TLS certificates are stored.
SEE ALSO¶
imapfilter_config(5)
- IMAP4rev1:
- RFC 3501, RFC 3348, RFC 2683, RFC 2595, RFC 2342, RFC 2195,
RFC 2177
- IMAP4:
- RFC 1730
