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1 .Dd Aug 20, 2002
2 .Dt IMAPFILTERRC 5
3 .Os
4 .Sh NAME
5 .Nm imapfilterrc
6 .Nd imapfilter configuration file
7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
8 .Pa $HOME/.imapfilterrc
9 .Sh DESCRIPTION
10 The
11 .Nm
12 configuration file consists of a series of commands and variable settings,
13 with each one in a separate line.
14 .Pp
15 Empty lines and lines beginning with the number sign
16 .Sq #
17 character,
18 which
19 are considered comments, are ignored.
20 .Sh COMMANDS
21 .Bl -tag -width Ds
22 .It Cm account Ar alias username[:password]@hostname[:port] [ssl|ssl2|ssl3|tls1]
23 Defines a user account under the name
24 .Ar alias ,
25 using the
26 .Ar username
27 as user identification and
28 .Ar password
29 as the secret word, connecting to the
30 .Ar hostname
31 mail server, at the specified
32 .Ar port
33 (if not specified the default IMAP protocol port (ie. 143 or 993 when SSL/TLS is
34 enabled) is used). SSL/TLS support is enabled with the argument
35 .Ar ssl ,
36 which uses as default the SSL protocol version 2, though this may be changed by
37 specifying a different protocol/version.
38 .Pp
39 The
40 .Ar alias
41 is comprised by alphanumeric, underscore
42 .Sq _
43 and minus
44 .Sq -
45 characters.
46 .Pp
47 The
48 .Ar username
49 and
50 .Ar password
51 strings can be given in a URL encoding like scheme, that is the
52 .Sq %
53 character followed by two hexadecimal digits representing the encoded
54 character's
55 .Xr ascii 7
56 code. Within the
57 .Ar username
58 and
59 .Ar password
60 field, any
61 .Sq \&: ,
62 .Sq @ ,
63 .Sq %
64 or
65 .Sq \
66 characters must be encoded in the above way.
67 .Pp
68 The
69 .Ar password
70 field may be omitted, in which case the user is prompted for one
71 interactively, when
72 .Xr imapfilter 1
73 is run. Also, a
74 .Ar password
75 must not be supplied, if the user intends to specify one using the
76 interactive encrypted passwords' editor of
77 .Xr imapfilter 1 ,
78 in order to store the password securely in the filesystem.
79 .It Cm folder Ar alias folder[,...]
80 Defines folders (mailboxes) and groups them under the
81 .Ar alias
82 name. The mailboxes are associated with the last preceding
83 .Ar account
84 setting. More than one
85 .Ar folder
86 can be declared, separating them with a comma
87 .Sq \&,
88 character. The
89 .Ar alias
90 is comprised by alphanumeric, underscore
91 .Sq _
92 and minus
93 .Sq -
94 characters.
95 .It Cm filter Ar alias [or|and]
96 Starts the declaration of a filter with the name
97 .Ar alias .
98 Optionally the
99 .Ar and
100 or
101 .Ar or
102 flag can be set, in order to set the mode in which the filter's masks
103 will be combined (default is
104 .Ar and
105 mode). The
106 .Ar alias
107 is comprised by alphanumeric, underscore
108 .Sq _
109 and minus
110 .Sq -
111 characters.
112 .It Cm [mask] Ar [or|and] [not] searchkey
113 A filter entry contains one or more mask entries which are defined with
114 the optional
115 .Ar mask
116 command, the
117 .Ar or
118 or
119 .Ar and
120 flag, the
121 .Ar not
122 flag and the searching criteria, based on which matching of a filter is done.
123 .Pp
124 The
125 .Ar or
126 and
127 .Ar and
128 flags are used to define in which way the current
129 .Ar mask
130 is combined with it's previous
131 .Ar mask .
132 The
133 .Ar not
134 flag is used to revert the functionality of the specified
135 .Ar searchkey .
136 .Pp
137 A
138 .Ar string
139 can be a word, or a phrase enclosed in
140 .Sq \&" .
141 The matching of the
142 .Ar string
143 is case-insensitive.
144 .Pp
145 The available searching criteria are:
146 .Bl -tag -width Ds
147 .It Cm answered
148 Messages that have been answered.
149 .It Cm bcc Ar string
150 Messages that contain the specified
151 .Ar string
152 in the envelope structure's
153 .Dq Bcc
154 field.
155 .It Cm body Ar string
156 Messages that contain the specified
157 .Ar string
158 in the body of the message.
159 .It Cm cc Ar string
160 Messages that contain the specified
161 .Ar string
162 in the envelope structure's
163 .Dq Cc
164 field.
165 .It Cm deleted
166 Messages that are marked for deletion.
167 .It Cm draft
168 Messages that have not completed composition.
169 .It Cm flagged
170 Messages marked for urgent/special attention.
171 .It Cm from Ar string
172 Messages that contain the specified
173 .Ar string
174 in the envelope structure's
175 .Dq From
176 field.
177 .It Cm header Ar fieldname string
178 Messages that have a header with the specified
179 .Ar fieldname ,
180 and contain the specified
181 .Ar string
182 in the field body.
183 .It Cm larger Ar number
184 Messages with size larger than the specified
185 .Ar number
186 in octets (bytes).
187 .It Cm new
188 Messages that have
189 .Qq recently
190 arrived in the mailbox (this session is the
191 first, to have been notified about the messages) and have not been read.
192 .It Cm newer Ar number
193 Messages whose internal date is newer than the specified
194 .Ar number
195 of days.
196 .It Cm old
197 Messages that have not
198 .Qq recently
199 arrived in the mailbox and have not been
200 read.
201 .It Cm older Ar number
202 Messages whose internal date is older than the specified
203 .Ar number
204 of days.
205 .It Cm recent
206 Messages that have
207 .Qq recently
208 arrived in the mailbox (this session is the
209 first, to have been notified about the messages).
210 .It Cm seen
211 Messages that have been read.
212 .It Cm smaller Ar number
213 Messages with size smaller than the specified
214 .Ar number
215 in octets (bytes).
216 .It Cm subject Ar string
217 Messages that contain the specified string in the envelope structure's
218 .Dq Subject
219 field.
220 .It Cm unanswered
221 Messages that have not been answered.
222 .It Cm undeleted
223 Messages that are not marked for deletion.
224 .It Cm undraft
225 Messages that have completed composition.
226 .It Cm unflagged
227 Messages that are not marked for urgent/special attention.
228 .It Cm unseen
229 Messages that have not been read.
230 .El
231 .It Cm action Ar type
232 The
233 .Cm action
234 command is used to end the filter entry started with the
235 .Cm filter
236 command. It assigns an action to be done when the filter is matched.
237 .Pp
238 The available
239 .Ar type
240 of actions are:
241 .Bl -tag -width Ds
242 .It Cm copy Ar mailbox [header,...]
243 Copies the messages to the specified
244 .Ar mailbox .
245 If the
246 .Ar mailbox
247 does not exist, then it is created. Optionally, fetches and displays the
248 .Ar header
249 of the messages that were copied.
250 .It Cm delete Ar [header,...]
251 Deletes the messages. User can also, optionally, define the
252 .Ar header
253 of the deleted messages to be displayed. More than one
254 .Ar header
255 can be declared and fetched, by separating them with a comma
256 .Sq \&,
257 character.
258 .It Cm flag Ar mode flag[,...] [header,...]
259 Sets the flags of the messages. The
260 .Ar mode
261 can be
262 .Ar replace ,
263 .Ar add ,
264 or
265 .Ar remove .
266 The
267 .Ar flag
268 can be
269 .Ar none ,
270 .Ar seen ,
271 .Ar answered ,
272 .Ar flagged ,
273 .Ar deleted ,
274 or
275 .Ar draft .
276 Optionally, the
277 .Ar header
278 of the messages is displayed.
279 .It Cm list Ar [header,...]
280 Just displays the
281 .Ar header
282 of the messages.
283 .It Cm move Ar mailbox [header,...]
284 Moves the messages to the specified
285 .Ar mailbox .
286 If the
287 .Ar mailbox
288 does not exist, then it is created. Optionally, fetches and displays the
289 .Ar header
290 of the messages that were moved.
291 .It Cm rcopy Ar account mailbox [header,...]
292 Copies the messages to the specified
293 .Ar mailbox
294 residing on a specific
295 .Ar account .
296 Optionally, displays the
297 .Ar header
298 of the messages.
299 Unlike all other
300 .Ar type
301 of actions, this requires that the message is downloaded from the source
302 mail server and then uploaded to the target mail server.
303 .It Cm rmove Ar account mailbox [header,...]
304 Moves the messages to the specified
305 .Ar mailbox
306 residing on a specific
307 .Ar account .
308 Optionally, displays the
309 .Ar header
310 of the messages.
311 Unlike all other
312 .Ar type
313 of actions, this requires that the message is downloaded from the source
314 mail server and then uploaded to the target mail server.
315 .El
316 .It Cm job Ar filter[,...] folder[,...]
317 This command is used to define which
318 .Ar filter
319 must be applied to which
320 .Ar folder .
321 More than one
322 .Ar filter
323 and/or
324 .Ar folder
325 can be declared, by separating them with a comma
326 .Sq \&,
327 character.
328 .It Cm [set] Ar variable=value
329 Manipulate and set the configuration variables.
330 .El
331 .Sh VARIABLES
332 .Bl -tag -width Ds
333 .It Va daemon
334 This variable enables the daemon mode of
335 .Xr imapfilter 1 .
336 It takes a numeric
337 argument, the polling interval in seconds.
338 .It Va errors
339 By enabling this option any error messages during program's execution get
340 appended to the log file, besides being written to stderr. The argument
341 must be
342 .Dq yes
343 or
344 .Dq no .
345 Default is
346 .Dq no.
347 .It Va expunge
348 Normally messages are marked for deletion and are actually deleted when the
349 mailbox is closed. When this option is enabled, messages are expunged after
350 they are marked deleted. The argument must be
351 .Dq yes
352 or
353 .Dq no .
354 Default is
355 .Dq no .
356 .It Va headers
357 By enabling this variable, message headers (if requested) are displayed,
358 besides being written to the log file. The argument must be
359 .Dq yes
360 or
361 .Dq no .
362 Default is
363 .Dq no .
364 .It Va logfile
365 Full path to log file where filtering information and possible error
366 messages are saved to. The command line
367 .Fl l
368 option overrides this setting.
369 .It Va namespace
370 When enabled, the program gets the namespace of the user's personal mailboxes,
371 and applies automatically the prefix and hierarchy delimiter to any mailboxes
372 residing on the mail server. This must be disabled in cases where the user
373 wants to manually specify mailbox names (eg. because they are not part of the
374 user's personal namespace mailboxes). The argument must be
375 .Dq yes
376 or
377 .Dq no .
378 Default is
379 .Dq yes .
380 .It Va subscribe
381 By enabling this variable newly created mailboxes get also subscribed; they
382 are set
383 .Dq active
384 in order for IMAP clients to recognize them. The argument must be
385 .Dq yes
386 or
387 .Dq no .
388 Default is
389 .Dq no .
390 .It Va timeout
391 The time in seconds, for the program to wait for a mail server's response.
392 If not set, then the client will block indefinitely.
393 .It Va warning
394 If
395 .Xr imapfilter 1
396 cannot lock memory pages, it prints a warning message about "insecure memory".
397 To suppress the warning, this variable must be disabled. The argument must
398 be
399 .Dq yes
400 or
401 .Dq no .
402 Default is
403 .Dq yes .
404 .El
405 .Sh EXAMPLES
406 See
407 .Pa sample.imapfilterrc .
408 .Sh ENVIROMENT
409 .Bl -tag -width Ds
410 .It Ev HOME
411 User's home directory.
412 .El
413 .Sh SEE ALSO
414 .Xr imapfilter 1
415 .Sh AUTHORS
416 .An Lefteris Chatzibarbas Aq lefcha@hellug.gr

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