elaonmars / imapcp Goto Github PK

IMAP4 mailbox copy tool

Usage:
imapcp.py [--move] [--box name] uri_source uri_dest

--move                - move instead of copy
--box name            - copy/move only box named 'name', else - copy all boxes
--ssl                 - use ssl
uri_source / uri_dest - URI: user[:password@host:port]
    if password omitted it will be prompted,
    if host omitted - 'localhost' used
    if port omitted - default IMAP4 port (143) used

Example I - Copy the complete mailbox:
======================================
python imapcp.py --ssl "[email protected]@imap.sourceserver.com:993"  "[email protected]@imap.targetserver.com:993" 
# As you didn't gave your password here you'll be asked for. Here you can check if the username is parsed correctly.
password for [email protected]: *********
password for [email protected]: ******
# Now you can get a cup of coffee...
...
29 messages copied from Trash
20 messages copied from INBOX.Family
0 messages copied from Spam
0 messages copied from Queue
2 messages copied from INBOX.Company
2 messages copied from Drafts

Example II - Copy only a specific subfolder:
============================================
For example you have the following folder structure and you want only copy the subfolder 'INBOX.Family'.
├── .INBOX.Family
├── new
└── .Trash
python imapcp.py --ssl --box INBOX.Family "[email protected]@imap.sourceserver.com:993"  "[email protected]@imap.targetserver.com:993" 


ERROR HANDLING: Please choose the other branch if you get an error exception to know where you can bug fix your Python libraries.