---
name: "movemail.mailutils"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mailutils"
version: "1:3.19-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/movemail.mailutils"
---

# movemail.mailutils(1)

move messages across mailboxes.

## NAME

movemail.mailutils - move messages across mailboxes.

## SYNOPSIS

**movemail.mailutils** \[*OPTION*...\] *inbox-url destfile* \[*POP-password*\]

## DESCRIPTION

GNU movemail **--** move messages across mailboxes.

- **--\[no-\]emacs**

  output information used by Emacs rmail interface

- **--\[no-\]ignore-errors**

  try to continue after errors

- **--max-messages**=*NUMBER*

  process at most NUMBER messages

- **-m**, **--\[no-\]progress-meter**

  enable progress meter

- **--\[no-\]notify**

  enable biff notification

- **--onerror**=*KW\[*,KW...\]

  what to do on errors

- **-P**, **--owner**=*MODELIST*

  control mailbox ownership

- **-p**, **--\[no-\]preserve**, **--keep-messages**

  preserve the source mailbox

- **--program-id**=*FMT*

  set program identifier for diagnostics (default: program name)

- **-r**, **--\[no-\]reverse**

  reverse the sorting order

- **-u**, **--\[no-\]uidl**

  use UIDLs to avoid downloading the same message twice

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  increase verbosity level

-

  Global debugging settings

- **--debug-level**=*LEVEL*

  set Mailutils debugging level

**--\[no-\]debug-line-info** show source info with debugging messages

-

  Configuration handling

- **--config-file**=*FILE*

  load this configuration file; implies **--no-config**

- **--config-lint**

  check configuration file syntax and exit

- **--config-verbose**

  verbosely log parsing of the configuration files

- **--no-config**

  do not load site and user configuration files

- **--no-site-config**

  do not load site-wide configuration file

- **--no-user-config**

  do not load user configuration file

- **--set**=*PARAM=VALUE*

  set configuration parameter

-

  Informational options

- **--config-help**

  show configuration file summary

- **--show-config-options**

  show compilation options

- \-?, **--help**

  give this help list

- **--usage**

  give a short usage message

- **-V**, **--version**

  print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to \<bug-mailutils@gnu.org\>.\
 GNU Mailutils home page: \<http://mailutils.org\>\
 General help using GNU software: \<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007-2024 Free Software Foundation, inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later \<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html\>\
 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO

The complete GNU mailutils documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the **mailutils-doc** package is installed, the command

-

  **info mailutils**

should give you access to the complete manual.\
 You can also find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:\
 https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.\
 Please note this manpage was automatically generated by the Debian mailutils packagers. Do not file bugs for its content to the GNU Mailutils upstream authors.