1. imapcopy.pl

   imapcopy is a utility for copying a user's messages from one IMAP server to another.   
   It logs into one server with your username & password, builds a list of your 
   mailboxes and the messages in them, then logs into the other server with your 
   username/password on that machine and copies the mailboxes and messages to it.  
   The mailbox (folder) structure is reproduced on the other server.  The IMAP status 
   flags are preserved (eg SEEN, DELETED, etc) along with the dates on the original messages.
                                                                        
   Usage:  imapcopy.pl -S host1/user1/password1 -D host2/user2/password2    
                                                                        
   Optional arguments:                                               
      -d debug                                                      
      -L logfile                                                    
      -m <mailbox list> (copy only certain mailboxes, eg "INBOX,Drafts,etc")
      -r clears the Deleted flag from copied messages
   
   You can select a port number other than the standard IMAP port (143) by 
   specifying the host value as host:port, eg localhost:993.
   

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2. pop3toimap.pl

   
   pop3toimap.pl is a tool for copying a user's messages from a POP3  
   server to an IMAP4 server.  pop3toimap.pl makes a POP3 connection  
   to the POP3 host and logs in with the user's name and password.    
   It makes an IMAP connection to the IMAP host and logs in with the  
   user's IMAP username and password.  pop3toimap.pl then fetches     
   each message from the user's POP3 account and copies it to the     
   user's IMAP account.                                               
                                                                      
   The usernames and passwords are supplied via a text file specified 
   by the -i argument.  The format of the file of users is:           
   
   popUsername password imapUsername password    
   
   Usage: pop3toimap.pl -P POP3host -I IMAP host -i input_file
   
   Optional arguments:
       -d debug mode
       -n notify e-mail address
       -r delete POP3 message after copying to IMAP
       -L logfile
       -h print this message
   
   

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3. imapdump.pl

   imapdump.pl will copy messages from an IMAP server and place them under
   a directory the value of which you supply with the -f argument.  The
   name of each file is the message number associated with it in the IMAP
   server message store.  When the script finishes the file structure will
   look something like this:
   
    /tmp/mailboxes/INBOX
         1 2 3 4 5 .....
    /tmp/mailboxes/drafts/
         1 2
    /tmp/mailboxes/save/2002
         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 ...
    /tmp/mailboxes/save/2003
    etc 
   
   Usage: imapdump.pl  -f /tmp/mailboxes  -S localhost/rick/mypassword
   
   Some optional arguments are:
     -d debug
     -L <logfile>
     -m <mailbox list>  For example "INBOX,drafts,save/2003" will copy only the
   messages in the indicated folders.
   

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4. imapfilter.pl

   imapfilter allows you to scan folders on an IMAP server and move selected
   messages to different folders based on the contents of designated
   message header fields, eg Subject, From, Date, etc.
   
   imapfilter also supports the use of regular expressions in the
   matching rules.  For instance, the following rule will move
   all messages from a sender named "Jack" from the inbox to
   the wastebasket.
   
   From     ^Jack*   Inbox  Wastebasket
   
   Some examples of filter rules:
   
   #  Header field  match  source-mailbox   destination-mailbox.
   #  Note that mailboxes are case-sensitive but filter criteria are not.
   
   Subject  test$   Inbox Junk
   Importance High junk Inbox
   From  *abc.com Inbox Wastebasket
   X-Priority 3 Inbox Wastebasket
   
   Usage: imapfilter -S host/rfs/mypassword -r rules.dat -L imapfilter.log
   
   Optionally the destination mailbox can belong to another user on the local server
   or on a remote IMAP server.  In the following two examples the first rule moves
   messages to a local mailbox belonging to another user while the second moves
   messages to a remote IMAP server.
   
   Subject *home*     INBOX  localhost:INBOX 
   Subject *testing*  INBOX  remotehost.xyz.com:INBOX
   
   Access control info must be supplied in the rules file as shown below:
   
   RemoteServer: localhost/user1/password1
   RemoteServer: remotehost.xyz.com/user2/password2
   
   Wild-card mailboxes.  You can specify a '*' character in place of the local
   mailbox name in a rule.  This causes imapfilter to search the messages in each mailbox
   for matches.  For example:
   
   Subject *sales*     *   filtered_messages
   

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5. imapPing.pl

   
   imapPing is a tool for getting a rough feel for the response times
   from an IMAP server.  It connects to the server and then performs
   some basic IMAP operations on a user's  account and displays the
   time as each one is executed.  The operations are:
   
     1.  Connect to the IMAP server
     2.  Log in with a username and password
     3.  Get a list of mailboxes
     4.  Select the INBOX
     5.  Get a list of messages in the INBOX
     6.  Log off the server
   
   Usage: imapPing.pl -h imap.server.com -u rfs9999 -p XXXXX
   

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6. imapsync.pl

   
   imapsync is a tool for synchronizing user accounts on a pair of
   IMAP servers called the "source" and "destination" hosts.   
   You supply it with the host/userid/password on each host (and 
   optionally a list of mailboxes).  imapsync does the following:
    
   1.  Adds any messages on the 1st host which aren't on the 2nd 
   2.  Deletes any messages from the 2nd which aren't on the 1st 
   3.  Sets the message flags on the 2nd to match the 1st's flags
   
   imapsync works like this:
   
   1.  Log into the source host using the user name and password
   2.  Get a list of all mailboxes belonging to the user and a 
       list of messages in each mailbox.
   3.  Do the same for the destination host
   4.  For each message on the source see if the message exists on 
       the destination.  If not, add it to the destination.
   5.  For each message on the destination see if the message exists 
       on the source.  If not, delete it from the destination (eg, 
       set the \Deleted flag and expunge the mailbox).
   6.  For each message on the source compare the message flags with 
       the message flags on the destination.  If they don't match 
       update the flags on the destination.
    
   Some notes:
    
   a.  By default all of the user's mailboxes are processed but you 
       can limit that by providing a list of mailboxes in which case 
       only those will be examined (eg -m "Inbox, Drafts, Actions").
    
   b.  The Message-Id is used for identifying messages in an IMAP account.  
       A consequence of this is that if you have multiple copies of a 
       message in a source mailbox only one copy will be reproduced on 
       the destination host.
    
   Usage: imapsync -S sourcehost/username/password -D desthost/username/password
    
   Other (optional) arguments are:
    
     -L logfile  (if omitted the output goes to STDOUT)
     -d debug mode
     -m mailbox list (eg "Inbox, Drafts, Actions")
    
   

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7. IMAPtoMbox.pl

   
   IMAPtoMbox will copy mailboxes and messages from an IMAP server to the local
   server (or PC) in the Unix mbox format.  The mailbox hierarchy (nested mailboxes)
   is preserved.
    
   To run IMAPtoMbox you supply the name of the IMAP server, your username & password 
   along with a pointer to the directory on the local host where the mailboxes are to be 
   created.  The local mailbox is given the same name as the IMAP mailbox.  For example:
    
   Usage: IMAPtoMbox -i server/user/pwd -m mailbox_directory
   
   Optional arguments:
    
   -L logfile
   
   For example:
   ./IMAPtoMbox                                      \
           -i mail.abc.com/rick.sanders/mypassword   \
           -m  /home/rfs                             \
           -L IMAPtoMbox.log
    
   The -i argument supplies the imap server name / the username / user's password.    
   See the usage() notes for additional arguments, such as -M to copy only certain IMAP 
   mailboxes, -d to turn on debugging output and -o user to set the ownership of 
   the mailbox files. When used with -M the -r argument will copy all submailboxes
   of the ones in the mailbox list.
   

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8. MboxtoIMAP.pl

   
   MboxtoIMAP.pl is used to copy the contents of Unix mailfiles to IMAP               
   mailboxes.  It parses the mailfiles into separate messages which are 
   inserted into the corresponding IMAP mailbox.           
   
   Usage: MbxtoIMAP.pl -m mailfile -i server/user/pwd
   
   Optional arguments:
   
   -L logfile
   -d debug
   -r <range of messages to copy>  for example, 1-500 or 25-75
   -R remove messages from mailfile after copying to the IMAP server
   

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9. mbxIMAPsync.pl

   
   mbxIMAPsync is used to synchronize the contents of a Unix      
   mailfile with an IMAP mailbox.  The user supplies the location   
   & name of the Unix mailbox (eg /var/mail/rfs) and the hostname,   
   username, & password of the IMAP account along with the name      
   of the IMAP mailbox.  For example:                                
                                                                        
   Usage:  mbxIMAPsync.pl -f /var/mail/rfs -i imapsrv/rfs/mypass -m INBOX  
                                                                        
   mbxIMAPsync compares the messages in the mailfile with those in   
   the IMAP mailbox by Message-Id and adds the ones in the mailfile  
   which are not in the IMAP mailbox.  Then it looks for messages    
   in the IMAP mailbox which are not in the mailfile and removes     
   them from the IMAP mailbox.      
   

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10. purgeMbx.pl

    
    This script deletes all of the messages in a user's IMAP          
    mailbox.                                                          
                                                                      
    purgeMbx.pl is called like this:                                  
        ./purgeMbx.pl -s host/user/password -m mailbox               
                                                                      
    Note that the mailbox name is case-sensitive.                     
                                                                      
    Optional arguments:                                               
        -d debug                                                      
        -L logfile       
    
    

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11. trash.pl

    trash.pl opens a connection to an IMAP server, logs in with 
    a username and password, searches mailboxes for messages marked 
    for deletion, and moves them to the trash folder.  The name of
    the trash folder is supplied with the -t argument.
     
    For example:
    
    Usage: trash.pl -S server/user/pwd -t "Wastebasket"
    
    Optional arguments:
    
    -m mailbox_list (eg "Inbox, Drafts, Notes". Default is all mailboxes)
    -e  empty the trash can
    -L  logfile
    -d debug
         
    For example:
    
        trash.pl starting
        Checking mailboxes for deleted messages...
           Moved 2 messages from Drafts to Wastebasket
           Moved 4 messages from Sent Items to Wastebasket
           Moved 45 messages from INBOX to Wastebasket
         
        51 messages were moved to Wastebasket
        The Wastebasket mailbox has been emptied
    
    

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12. mozillatoIMAP.pl

    
    mozillatoIMAP is a tool for copying messages from a Mozilla mailfile 
    to an IMAP server.  You supply the script with the name of the IMAP
    server along with your username and password.  The -m argument is
    used to indicate the root directory where the Mozilla mailfiles
    reside.  For example:
    
    "/DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS/RICK/APPLICATION DATA/Mozilla/Profiles/default/dlss3fw9.slt/Mail/mail.earthlink.net"
    
    Usage: mozillaToImap.pl -i host/username/password -m <mozilla root>
    
    Optional arguments:
    
    -L logfile
    -d debug mode 
    -I show IMAP protocol exchanges
    
    Note that mozillatoIMAP does not map Mozilla message status codes to
    IMAP flags. There is a comment in the code pointing to a URL with a
    table of Mozilla codes if someone wants to implement them.
    
    

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13. delIMAPdups.pl

    
    delIMAPdups looks for duplicate IMAP messages in a mailbox by    
    finding messages in each mailbox that have the same Message   
    ID.  When a duplicate message is found the DELETED flag is set.  
    If the -p argument has been supplied then an EXPUNGE operation   
    is executed on the mailbox in which the message resides to remove
    it.
                                                                     
    Note that delIMAPdups does not check for duplicate copies of     
    messages across multiple mailboxes since it is often useful to   
    cross-file messages in multiple mailboxes.                       
                                                                     
    Usage:  delIMAPdups -S host/user/password                         
    
    Optional Arguments:
    
    -m <mailbox list>                       
    -p delete the duplicates
    -M <mailbox>   Move duplicate msgs to this mailbox instead of deleting them.
    -L <logfile>                
    -d debug
    

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14. migrateIMAP.pl

    migrateIMAP is a utility for mass migration of messages for a 
    set of users from one IMAP server to another.
                                                                         
    Usage: migrateIMAP -S host1 -D host2 -i <users file>
                                                                         
    Optional arguments:                                               
    
    -n maxChildren
    -d debug                                                      
    -L logfile                                                    
    
    The user list file (-i <file>) should contain entries like this:              
        sourceUser1:password:destinationUser1:password               
        sourceUser2:password:destinationUser2:password               
        etc                                                           
    
    The maxChildren argument specifies how many child processes will be executed
    in parallel (the default is 2).  The optimum number of children depends on
    the system's resources but usually 4 or 5 maximizes the performance.  Beyond
    those numbers there is too much contention for resources to obtain additional
    improvement.
    
    Note:  migrateIMAP is intended for use on Linux/Unix servers since it takes
    advantage of the fork() system call to run multiple, simultaneous child processes
    for higher performance.  fork is not available on Windows so if you are running
    on a Windows platform you should use migrateIMAP-win.pl instead.
    

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15. migrateIMAP-win.pl

    migrateIMAP-win is basically the same as migrateIMAP.pl except it does not
    support multiple child processes via fork().
                                                                         
    Usage: migrateIMAP-win -S host1 -D host2 -i <users file>
                                                                         
    Optional arguments:                                               
    
    -d debug                                                      
    -L logfile                                                    
    

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16. imapCapability.pl

    imapCapability queries an IMAP server and reports which IMAP services
    it supports.
                                                                         
    Usage: imapCapability.pl -h <host> -u <username> -p <password>
                                                                         
    Optional arguments:                                               
    
    -d debug                                                      
    
    
    # ./imapCapability.pl -h localhost:1430 -u rfs9999 -p mysecret
    
    The server supports the following IMAP capabilities:
    
    IMAP4 IMAP4REV1 ACL NAMESPACE UIDPLUS IDLE LITERAL+ QUOTA 
    ID MULTIAPPEND LISTEXT CHILDREN BINARY LOGIN-REFERRALS 
    UNSELECT STARTTLS AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=CRAM-MD5 
    AUTH=DIGEST-MD5 AUTH=GSSAPI AUTH=MSN AUTH=NTLM
    
    Please refer to the IMAP RFCs for an explanation of these capabilities.
    
    
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As of January 10, 2008 many of these utilities support SSL connections and the plan is to add this to the remainder in the near future.

SSL support is implemented using openSSL and the IO::Socket::SSL Perl module. Both must be installed on the system where you are running these tools.

If you specify port 993 (995 for POP3) then an SSL connection is initiated. If the port number is 143 (110 for POP3) then it will try a non-SSL connection. With any other value the port will be tested to see if it supports SSL. If so, SSL will be used to make the connection; otherwise a non-SSL connection will be made.

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IMAP Tracing and Debugging

The -d argument will log additional information about what the tool is doing which may be helpful in diagnosing problems. Most of these scripts accept the -I argument which causes logging of the IMAP protocol exchanges between the script and the IMAP server. This can be useful when troubleshooting problems but you probably don't want to use it during normal operations because of the amount of data that gets written to the logfile.

For example:

11-08-2007.03:28:18 2114 >> 1 EXAMINE "Inbox"
11-08-2007.03:28:18 2114 << * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft $MDNSent $
Hidden $Media $Forwarded Junk $Label1 $Label2 $Label3)
11-08-2007.03:28:18 2114 << * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Dra
ft $MDNSent $Hidden $Media $Forwarded Junk $Label1 $Label2 $Label3)] limited
11-08-2007.03:28:18 2114 << * 86 EXISTS
11-08-2007.03:28:18 2114 << * 0 RECENT
11-08-2007.03:28:18 2114 << * OK [UIDNEXT 360] predicted next UID
11-08-2007.03:28:18 2114 << * OK [UIDVALIDITY 298417783] UIDs valid
11-08-2007.03:28:18 2114 << 1 OK [READ-ONLY] EXAMINE completed