movemail.mailutils1
Move messages across mailboxes.
Usage
movemail.mailutils [OPTION ...]
inbox-url
destfile
[POP-password]
Overview
GNU movemail -- move messages across mailboxes.
--[no-]emacs-
output information used by Emacs rmail interface
--[no-]ignore-errors-
try to continue after errors
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--max-messages=NUMBER -
process at most NUMBER messages
-m,--[no-]progress-meter-
enable progress meter
--[no-]notify-
enable biff notification
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--onerror=KW[,KW...] -
what to do on errors
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-P, --owner=MODELIST -
control mailbox ownership
-p,--[no-]preserve,--keep-messages-
preserve the source mailbox
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--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
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-v, --verbose -
increase verbosity level
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Global debugging settings
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--debug-level=LEVEL -
set Mailutils debugging level
--[no-]debug-line-info show source info with debugging messages
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Configuration handling
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--config-file=FILE -
load this configuration file; implies
--no-config
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--config-lint -
check configuration file syntax and exit
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--config-verbose -
verbosely log parsing of the configuration files
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--no-config -
do not load site and user configuration files
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--no-site-config -
do not load site-wide configuration file
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--no-user-config -
do not load user configuration file
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--set=PARAM=VALUE -
set configuration parameter
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Informational options
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--config-help -
show configuration file summary
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--show-config-options -
show compilation options
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-?, --help -
give this help list
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--usage -
give a short usage message
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-V, --version -
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)
- Debian 11 (Bullseye)
- Debian 10 (Buster)
- Debian 9 (Stretch)
- Debian 8 (Jessie)
- Debian 7 (Wheezy)
- Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
- Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
- Debian 4.0 (Etch)
- Debian 3.1 (Sarge)
--config-file since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--config-help since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--config-lint since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--config-verbose since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--debug-level since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--max-messages since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--no-config since Debian 9 (Stretch);
--no-site-config since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--no-user-config since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--onerror since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--owner since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--program-id since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--set since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--show-config-options since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--verbose since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-P since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-v since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).
--debug-auth until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--debug-line-info until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--emacs until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--ignore-errors until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--keep-messages until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--license until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--lock-expire-timeout until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--lock-flags until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--lock-retry-count until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--lock-retry-timeout until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--mail-spool until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--mailbox-type until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--no-site-rcfile until Debian 8 (Jessie);
--no-user-rcfile until Debian 8 (Jessie);
--notify until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--preserve until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--rcfile until Debian 8 (Jessie);
--rcfile-lint until Debian 8 (Jessie);
--rcfile-verbose until Debian 8 (Jessie);
--reverse until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--tls until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--uidl until Debian 9 (Stretch);
-m until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-p until Debian 9 (Stretch);
-r until Debian 9 (Stretch);
-u until Debian 9 (Stretch).