IMAPFILTER(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 					     IMAPFILTER(1)

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 search-
     ing 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)

CONFORMING TO

     IMAP4rev1:
	     RFC 3501, RFC 3348, RFC 2683, RFC 2595, RFC 2342, RFC 2195, RFC 2177

     IMAP4:  RFC 1730

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