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NAME

       mailtool - Process mailboxes

SYNOPSIS

       mailtool [options...]

USAGE

       mailtool is a diagnostic utility for handling various operations on mailboxes.  mailtool's main uses include: display the list of folders
       in a mailbox; displaying list of messages in a mailbox; and copying mailboxes.

       The following mailboxes can be accessed by mailtool:

       imap://userid@server[/options]
	   An IMAP account.  mailtool will prompt for the login password.

       imaps://userid@server[/options]
	   An IMAP account accessed via an encrypted SSL connection.

       pop3://userid@server[/options]
	   A POP3 account.  mailtool will prompt for the login password.

       pop3s://userid@server[/options]
	   A POP3 account accessed via an encrypted SSL connection.

       maildir:path
	   A local maildir mailbox.  path specifies the maildir's location relative to the home directory (NOT the current directory).

       mbox:path
	   Local mbox mail folders.  path specifies the path to an mbox folder file, or a directory containing mbox folders, relative to the home
	   directory (NOT the current directory).

       inbox:path
	   Local mbox mail folders, like "mbox:path"; additionally, the system spool mailbox is automatically copied to $HOME/Inbox, which is
	   accessible as folder INBOX.

       The name of a remote IMAP or POP3 server may be followed by one or more options that control various settings of the IMAP or POP3
       connection:

       /cram
	   Do not open the account unless the server supports secure password authentication. Secure password authentication verifies the
	   account's password using a challenge/response authentication mechanism (where the label "cram" comes from). The actual password is
	   never actually transmitted to the server, and therefore cannot be intercepted while in transit over an untrusted network.

	   Secure password authentication is not supported by all servers. This option may not work with some servers. This option does not enable
	   secure password authentication, it only mandates its use. If the server supports secure password authentication, it will be used even
	   without the /cram option. Traditional userid/password authentication will be used only if the server does not implement secure password
	   authentication. The /cram option makes secure password authentication mandatory.

	   The /cram option is marginally useful even with encrypted server connections. The secure password authentication never sends the
	   explicit password to the server. Encryption makes it theoretically impossible to recover the password from an encrypted data
	   connection; but with secure authentication the password is never sent over the connection in the first place (the password's validity
	   is certified by exchanging certain mathematical calculations between the server and the client). If the server is compromised, the
	   compromised server will not receive the account password (unless the password is recovered from the server in other ways).

       /imap
	   Do not use the SMAP if the server claims the availability of this experimental mail access protocol, and fall back to IMAP
	   compatibility mode (this option is meaningful only with "imap://" and "imaps://" URLs).

       /notls
	   Do not upgrade a plain connection to an encrypted one. This option is primarily used for testing and debugging purposes. Sometimes this
	   option might be useful with servers that claim to offer encryption, but are unable to do so when taken up on their offer.

       /novalidate-cert
	   Do not validate the server's SSL certificate when using an encrypted connection. Normally the mail server's SSL certificate must be
	   validate when using an encrypted connection. The certificate's name must match the server's name, and the certificate must be signed by
	   a trusted certificate authority.

	   The encrypted connection normally fails if the certificate cannot be validate. Validation requires that a list of trusted certificate
	   authorities must be known and configured. It's simply impossible to know which certificate authorities are valid without an explicit
	   list of valid, known, trusted, certificate authorities. If a trusted authority list is not configured, no certificate can be validated.
	   If the server's certificate is a self-signed certificate (this is often used for testing purposes), or if it's not signed by a known
	   authority, the encrypted connection fails.

	   This /novalidate-cert option disables certificate validation. The encrypted connection will be established even if the server's
	   certificate would otherwise be rejected.

	       Note
	       This option is applicable even when an encrypted IMAP or POP3 connection is not explicitly requested. Many mail servers are capable
	       of automatically upgrading unencrypted connections to a fully-encrypted connection. If a mail server claims to be able to use
	       encryption, then there's no reason not to use it. The result is that all encryption certification requirements still apply even
	       when encryption is not explicitly requested.

   Displaying mailbox contents
       mailtool -tree | -list  account

       -tree shows a hierarchical representation of mail folders in account.  -list generates a simple folder listing, one folder name per line.
       -tree shows folder names, while -list shows the actual mail folder path in account.

	   mailtool -tree imap://jsmith@mail.example.com/novalidate-cert/cram

   Creating folders
       mailtool -create | -createdir  folder name account

       -create creates a new subfolder of folder in account. The new subfolder's name is name.	-createdir creates a new folder directory (a
       folder that contains other folders).

	   mailtool -create INBOX.lists announcements maildir:Maildir

       This command creates a new folder "announcements" as a subfolders of "INBOX.lists" in the local maildir.

   Deleting folders
       mailtool -delete | -deletedir  folder account

       -delete deletes an existing folder in account.

       -deletedir deletes a folder directory.

	   mailtool -delete INBOX.lists.announcements maildir:Maildir

   Renaming folders
       mailtool -rename oldfolder folder name account

       -renames renames an existing oldfolder. The folder is renamed as name, as a subfolder of folder.  folder may be an empty string if the
       folder should be moved to the top level of account's folder hierarchy.

	   mailtool -rename INBOX.lists.announcements INBOX.lists Announcements maildir:Maildir

       The folder "INBOX.lists.announcements" is renamed to "INBOX.lists.Announcements". This slightly unusual way to rename folder allows folders
       to be relocated in the mail account's folder hierarchy.

   Reading folder's index
       mailtool -index folder account

       -index downloads and prints a summary of all messages in folder, in account. The summary shows the sender's and recipients' address, the
       message's subject, and size.

	   mailtool -index INBOX imap://john@mail.example.com/novalidate-cert

   Removing a message from a folder
       mailtool -remove folder n account

       -remove removes message #n (ranging from 1 to the number of messages in the folder) in folder, in account. The message numbers may be
       obtained by using -index.

       n may be a comma-separated list of message numbers, in strictly numerically increasing order.  -remove confirms the list of messages to
       remove and issues a "Ready:" prompt. Press ENTER to remove the messages.

	   mailtool -remove INBOX 28,31 imap://john@mail.example.com/novalidate-cert

   Filtering messages
       mailtool -filter folder account

       -filter is a combination of -index and -remove.	folder's index is downloaded, and the summary of each message is shown, one message at a
       time. Each message's summary is followed by a prompt: "Delete, Skip, or Exit". Pressing D removes the message, S leaves the message
       unchanged, and E leaves the remaining messages unchanged.

	   mailtool -filter INBOX pop3://john@mail.example.com/novalidate-cert

	   Note
	   -filter is not meant to be used with large folders. Unless messages are removed quickly, the connection to the server may be
	   disconnected for inactivity.

   Copying folders
       mailtool [-recurse] -tofolder tofolder -copyto toaccount -fromfolder fromfolder fromaccount

       This command copies an entire folder, fromfolder in fromaccount to a new folder, tofolder (which will be created, if necessary) in
       toaccount. Optionally, -recurse specifies that all subfolders of fromfolder should also be copied.

	   mailtool -tofolder INBOX -copyto maildir:Maildir 
	       -fromfolder "INBOX" imap://mbox100@mail.example.com/novalidate-cert

	   mailtool -recurse -tofolder INBOX.converted_mail 
	       -copyto maildir:Maildir -fromfolder "mail" 
		   imap://mbox100@mail.example.com/novalidate-cert

       This example first copies the INBOX on the IMAP server to $HOME/Maildir, then copies subfolders of "mail" on the IMAP server to the
       "converted_mail" subfolder in the maildir.

	   mailtool -tofolder INBOX -copyto maildir:Maildir 
	      -fromfolder "INBOX" inbox:mail

	   mailtool -recurse -tofolder INBOX.converted_mail 
	       -copyto maildir:Maildir -fromfolder "" mbox:mail

       This example first copies $HOME/Inbox (accessed as the INBOX folder in inbox:mail) to $HOME/Maildir, then copies mbox folders from
       $HOME/mail to the "converted_mail" subfolder in the maildir.

	   Note
	   Mail accounts that contain hybrid folders (folders that contain both messages and subfolders) can only be copied to account types that
	   also support hybrid folders: either local maildirs, or to remote servers that support hybrid folders.

SEE ALSO

       cone(1).

AUTHOR

       Sam Varshavchik

Cone(C) 							    04/04/2011							       MAILTOOL(1)