imapfilter/doc/imapfilter.1
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.Dd May 20, 2013
.Dt IMAPFILTER 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm imapfilter
.Nd mail filter
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl iVv
.Op Fl c Ar configfile
.Op Fl d Ar debugfile
.Op Fl e Ar 'command'
.Op Fl l Ar logfile
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
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.
.Pp
The command line options of
.Xr imapfilter 1
are as follows:
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.It Fl c Ar configfile
Path to the configuration file, or - to read from stdin. The default is
.Pa $HOME/.imapfilter/config.lua .
.It Fl d Ar debugfile
File that contains debugging information about the full communication with the
server, along with other inner workings' details.
.It Fl e Ar 'command'
May be used to enter
.Dq 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.
.It Fl i
Enters interactive mode after executing the configuration file.
.It Fl l Ar logfile
File that contains logs of error messages produced.
.It Fl V
Displays version and copyright information.
.It Fl v
Enables printing of some brief details of the communication with the server.
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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.It Ev HOME
User's home directory.
.It Ev IMAPFILTER_HOME
Program's configuration directory, which overrides the default
.Pa $HOME/.imapfilter/ .
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.Sh FILES
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.It Pa $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.
.It Pa $HOME/.imapfilter/certificates
File where the SSL/TLS certificates are stored.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr imapfilter_config 5
.Sh CONFORMING TO
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.It IMAP4rev1:
RFC 3501, RFC 3348, RFC 2683, RFC 2595, RFC 2342, RFC 2195,
RFC 2177
.It IMAP4:
RFC 1730
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