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<para>
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<command>archivemail</command> is a tool for archiving and compressing old
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email in mailboxes.
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By default it will read the mailbox <replaceable>MAILBOX</replaceable>, moving messages
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that are older than the specified number of days (180 by default) to a
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&mbox;-format mailbox in the same directory that is compressed
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with &gzip;.
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By default it will read the mailbox <replaceable>MAILBOX</replaceable>, moving
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messages that are older than the specified number of days (180 by default) to
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a &mbox;-format mailbox in the same directory that is compressed with &gzip;.
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It can also just delete old email rather than archive it.
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</para>
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<para>
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By default, <command>archivemail</command> derives the archive filename from the
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mailbox name by appending an <filename>_archive</filename> suffix to the mailbox
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name. For example, if you run <command>archivemail</command> on a mailbox called
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<filename>exsouthrock</filename>, the archive will be created with the
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filename <filename>exsouthrock_archive.gz</filename>.
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By default, <command>archivemail</command> derives the archive filename from
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the mailbox name by appending an <filename>_archive</filename> suffix to the
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mailbox name. For example, if you run <command>archivemail</command> on a
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mailbox called <filename>exsouthrock</filename>, the archive will be created
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with the filename <filename>exsouthrock_archive.gz</filename>.
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This default behavior can be overridden with command line options, choosing
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a custom suffix, a prefix, or a completely custom name for the archive.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>archivemail</command> supports reading <acronym>IMAP</acronym>,
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<acronym>Maildir</acronym>, <acronym>MH</acronym> and <acronym>mbox</acronym>-format
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mailboxes, but always writes <acronym>mbox</acronym>-format archives.
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<acronym>Maildir</acronym>, <acronym>MH</acronym> and
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<acronym>mbox</acronym>-format mailboxes, but always writes
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<acronym>mbox</acronym>-format archives.
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</para>
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<para>
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Messages that are flagged important are not archived or deleted unless
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explicitly requested with the <option>--include-flagged</option> option.
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Also, <command>archivemail</command> can be configured not to archive unread mail, or
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to only archive messages larger than a specified size.
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Messages that are flagged important are not archived or deleted unless
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explicitly requested with the <option>--include-flagged</option> option.
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Also, <command>archivemail</command> can be configured not to archive unread
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mail, or to only archive messages larger than a specified size.
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</para>
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<para>
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To archive an <acronym>IMAP</acronym>-format mailbox, use the format
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<replaceable>imap://username:password@server/mailbox
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</replaceable> to specify the mailbox.
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<command>archivemail</command> will expand wildcards in <acronym>IMAP</acronym> mailbox
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names according to <citation><acronym>RFC</acronym> 3501</citation>, which says:
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<quote>The character "*" is a wildcard, and matches zero or more characters at this
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<replaceable>imap://username:password@server/mailbox </replaceable> to specify
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the mailbox.
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<command>archivemail</command> will expand wildcards in
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<acronym>IMAP</acronym> mailbox names according to
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<citation><acronym>RFC</acronym> 3501</citation>, which says: <quote>The
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character "*" is a wildcard, and matches zero or more characters at this
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position. The character "%" is similar to "*", but it does not match a
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hierarchy delimiter.</quote>
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You can omit the password from the <acronym>URL</acronym>; use the
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<option>--pwfile</option> option to make <command>archivemail</command> read the
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password from a file, or alternatively just enter it upon request.
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If the <option>--pwfile</option> option is set, <command>archivemail</command> does not
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look for a password in the <acronym>URL</acronym>, and the colon is not considered a
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delimiter.
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<option>--pwfile</option> option to make <command>archivemail</command> read
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the password from a file, or alternatively just enter it upon request.
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If the <option>--pwfile</option> option is set, <command>archivemail</command>
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does not look for a password in the <acronym>URL</acronym>, and the colon is
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not considered a delimiter.
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Substitute <replaceable>imap</replaceable> with
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<replaceable>imaps</replaceable>, and <command>archivemail</command> will
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establish a secure <acronym>SSL</acronym> connection.
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-d <replaceable>NUM</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><option>--days=<replaceable>NUM</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>Archive messages older than <replaceable>NUM</replaceable> days.
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The default is 180. This option is incompatible with the
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<listitem><para>Archive messages older than <replaceable>NUM</replaceable>
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days. The default is 180. This option is incompatible with the
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<option>--date</option> option below.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-o <replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><option>--output-dir=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>Use the directory name <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> to store the
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mailbox archives. The default is the same directory as the mailbox to be
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read.
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<listitem><para>Use the directory name <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> to
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store the mailbox archives. The default is the same directory as the mailbox
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to be read.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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@ -171,8 +172,8 @@ For <acronym>IMAP</acronym> wizards.
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<listitem><para>Prefix <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> to the archive name.
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable> is expanded by the &python; function
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<function>time.strftime()</function>, which means that you can specify special
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directives in <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> to make an archive named after the archive
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cut-off date.
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directives in <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> to make an archive named after
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the archive cut-off date.
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See the discussion of the <option>--suffix</option> option for a list of valid
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<function>strftime()</function> directives.
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The default is not to add a prefix.
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<term><option>-s <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><option>--suffix=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Use the suffix <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> to create the filename used for archives.
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The default is <filename>_archive</filename>, unless a prefix is specified.
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Use the suffix <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> to create the filename used for
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archives. The default is <filename>_archive</filename>, unless a prefix is
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specified.
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</para>
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<para>
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Like a prefix, the suffix <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> is expanded by the &python;
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function <function>time.strftime()</function> with the archive cut-off date.
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<function>time.strftime()</function> understands the following directives:
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Like a prefix, the suffix <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> is expanded by the
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&python; function <function>time.strftime()</function> with the archive
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cut-off date. <function>time.strftime()</function> understands the following
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directives:
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<variablelist id="strftime">
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<varlistentry><term><code>%a</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Locale's abbreviated weekday name.</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Locale's abbreviated weekday name.
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%A</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Locale's full weekday name.</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Locale's full weekday name.
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%b</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Locale's abbreviated month name.</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Locale's abbreviated month name.
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%B</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Locale's full month name.</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Locale's full month name.
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%c</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Locale's appropriate date and time representation.</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Locale's appropriate date and time representation.
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%d</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Day of the month as a decimal number [01,31].</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Day of the month as a decimal number [01,31].
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%H</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23].</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23].
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%I</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12].</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12].
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%j</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Day of the year as a decimal number [001,366].</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Day of the year as a decimal number [001,366].
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%m</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Month as a decimal number [01,12].</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Month as a decimal number [01,12].
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%M</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Minute as a decimal number [00,59].</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Minute as a decimal number [00,59].
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%p</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Locale's equivalent of either AM or PM.</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Locale's equivalent of either AM or PM.
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%S</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Second as a decimal number [00,61]. (1)</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Second as a decimal number [00,61]. (1)
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%U</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number [00,53]. All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0.</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week)
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as a decimal number [00,53]. All days in a new year preceding
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the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0.
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%w</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Weekday as a decimal number [0(Sunday),6].</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Weekday as a decimal number [0(Sunday),6].
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%W</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number [00,53]. All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0.</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week)
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as a decimal number [00,53]. All days in a new year preceding
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the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0.
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%x</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Locale's appropriate date representation.</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Locale's appropriate date representation.
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%X</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Locale's appropriate time representation.</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Locale's appropriate time representation.
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%y</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Year without century as a decimal number [00,99].</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Year without century as a decimal number [00,99].
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%Y</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Year with century as a decimal number.</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Year with century as a decimal number.
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%Z</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>Time zone name (or by no characters if no time zone exists).</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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Time zone name (or by no characters if no time zone exists).
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><code>%%</code></term>
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<listitem><simpara>A literal <quote>%</quote> character.</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<listitem><simpara>
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A literal <quote>%</quote> character.
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</simpara></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-a <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><option>--archive-name=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>Use <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> as the archive name, ignoring the name
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of the mailbox that is archived.
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<listitem><para>Use <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> as the archive name,
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ignoring the name of the mailbox that is archived.
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Like prefixes and suffixes, <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> is expanded by
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<function>time.strftime()</function> with the archive cut-off date.
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Because it hard-codes the archive name, this option cannot be used when
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-S <replaceable>NUM</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><option>--size=<replaceable>NUM</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>Only archive messages that are <replaceable>NUM</replaceable> bytes or
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greater.
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<listitem><para>Only archive messages that are <replaceable>NUM</replaceable>
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bytes or greater.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<term><option>-u</option></term>
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<term><option>--preserve-unread</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Do not archive any messages that have not yet been read. <command>archivemail</command>
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determines if a message in a <acronym>mbox</acronym>-format or
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<acronym>MH</acronym>-format mailbox has been read by looking at the
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<literal>Status</literal> header (if it exists). If the status
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header is equal to <quote><literal>RO</literal></quote> or
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Do not archive any messages that have not yet been read.
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<command>archivemail</command> determines if a message in a
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<acronym>mbox</acronym>-format or <acronym>MH</acronym>-format mailbox has
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been read by looking at the <literal>Status</literal> header (if it exists).
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If the status header is equal to <quote><literal>RO</literal></quote> or
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<quote><literal>OR</literal></quote> then <command>archivemail</command>
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assumes the message has been read.
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<command>archivemail</command> determines if a <acronym>maildir</acronym>
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format, by default <command>archivemail</command> mangles such lines by
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prepending a <quote><literal>></literal></quote> to them, since mail user
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agents might otherwise interpret these lines as message separators.
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Messages from <acronym>mbox</acronym> folders are never mangled. See &mbox; for more
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information.
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Messages from <acronym>mbox</acronym> folders are never mangled. See &mbox;
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for more information.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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Copy rather than archive old mail.
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Creates an archive, but the archived messages are not deleted from the
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originating mailbox, which is left unchanged.
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This is a complement to the <option>--delete</option> option, and mainly useful for
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testing purposes.
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This is a complement to the <option>--delete</option> option, and mainly
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useful for testing purposes.
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Note that multiple passes will create duplicates, since messages are blindly
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appended to an existing archive.
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</para></listitem>
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<option>--debug-imap=<replaceable>NUM</replaceable></option>
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</term>
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<listitem><para>
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Set <acronym>IMAP</acronym> debugging level. This makes <command>archivemail</command> dump its
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conversation with the <acronym>IMAP</acronym> server and some internal <acronym>IMAP</acronym>
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processing to <literal>stdout</literal>. Higher values for <replaceable>NUM</replaceable> give more
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elaborate output. Set <replaceable>NUM</replaceable> to 4 to see all exchanged
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<acronym>IMAP</acronym> commands. (Actually, <replaceable>NUM</replaceable> is just passed
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literally to <literal>imaplib.Debug</literal>.)
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Set <acronym>IMAP</acronym> debugging level. This makes
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<command>archivemail</command> dump its conversation with the
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<acronym>IMAP</acronym> server and some internal <acronym>IMAP</acronym>
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processing to <literal>stdout</literal>. Higher values for
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<replaceable>NUM</replaceable> give more elaborate output. Set
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<replaceable>NUM</replaceable> to 4 to see all exchanged
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<acronym>IMAP</acronym> commands. (Actually, <replaceable>NUM</replaceable>
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is just passed literally to <literal>imaplib.Debug</literal>.)
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<term><option>--quiet</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Turns on quiet mode. Do not print any statistics about how many messages were
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archived. This should be used if you are running <command>archivemail</command> from
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cron.
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archived. This should be used if you are running
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<command>archivemail</command> from cron.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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@ -411,7 +483,8 @@ Display the version of <command>archivemail</command> and exit.
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<term><option>-h</option></term>
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<term><option>--help</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Display brief summary information about how to run <command>archivemail</command>.
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Display brief summary information about how to run
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<command>archivemail</command>.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Notes</title>
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<para>
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<command>archivemail</command> requires &python; version 2.3 or later.
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When reading an <acronym>mbox</acronym>-format mailbox, <command>archivemail</command> will
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create a lockfile with the extension <filename class="extension">.lock</filename> so that
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&procmail; will not deliver to the mailbox while it is being processed. It will
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also create an advisory lock on the mailbox using &lockf;.
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The archive is locked in the same way when it is updated.
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<command>archivemail</command> will also complain and abort if a 3rd-party modifies the
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mailbox while it is being read.
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When reading an <acronym>mbox</acronym>-format mailbox,
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<command>archivemail</command> will create a lockfile with the extension
|
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<filename class="extension">.lock</filename> so that &procmail; will not
|
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deliver to the mailbox while it is being processed. It will also create an
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advisory lock on the mailbox using &lockf;. The archive is locked in the same
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way when it is updated.
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<command>archivemail</command> will also complain and abort if a 3rd-party
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modifies the mailbox while it is being read.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>archivemail</command> will always attempt to preserve the
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last-access and last-modify times of the input mailbox. Archive
|
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mailboxes are always created with a mode of <literal>0600</literal>.
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If <command>archivemail</command> finds a pre-existing archive mailbox it
|
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will append rather than overwrite that archive.
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<command>archivemail</command> will refuse to operate on mailboxes that are symbolic
|
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links.
|
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<command>archivemail</command> will always attempt to preserve the last-access
|
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and last-modify times of the input mailbox. Archive mailboxes are always
|
||||
created with a mode of <literal>0600</literal>.
|
||||
If <command>archivemail</command> finds a pre-existing archive mailbox it will
|
||||
append rather than overwrite that archive.
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command> will refuse to operate on mailboxes that are
|
||||
symbolic links.
|
||||
</para>
|
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|
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<para>
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<command>archivemail</command> attempts to find the delivery date of a message by
|
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looking for valid dates in the following headers, in order of precedence:
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command> attempts to find the delivery date of a message
|
||||
by looking for valid dates in the following headers, in order of precedence:
|
||||
<literal>Delivery-date</literal>,
|
||||
<literal>Received</literal>,
|
||||
<literal>Resent-Date</literal> and
|
||||
<literal>Date</literal>.
|
||||
If it cannot find any valid date in these headers, it
|
||||
will use the last-modified file timestamp on <acronym>MH</acronym> and
|
||||
If it cannot find any valid date in these headers, it will use the
|
||||
last-modified file timestamp on <acronym>MH</acronym> and
|
||||
<acronym>Maildir</acronym> format mailboxes, or the date on the
|
||||
<literal>From_</literal> line on <acronym>mbox</acronym>-format mailboxes.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
When archiving mailboxes with leading dots in the name,
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command> will strip the dots off the archive name, so
|
||||
that the resulting archive file is not hidden.
|
||||
This is not done if the <option>--prefix</option> or
|
||||
<option>--archive-name</option> option is used.
|
||||
Should there really be mailboxes distinguished only by leading dots in the
|
||||
name, they will thus be archived to the same archive file by default.
|
||||
When archiving mailboxes with leading dots in the name,
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command> will strip the dots off the archive name, so
|
||||
that the resulting archive file is not hidden.
|
||||
This is not done if the <option>--prefix</option> or
|
||||
<option>--archive-name</option> option is used.
|
||||
Should there really be mailboxes distinguished only by leading dots in the
|
||||
name, they will thus be archived to the same archive file by default.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
A conversion from other formats to &mbox; will silently overwrite existing
|
||||
<literal>Status</literal> and <literal>X-Status</literal> message headers.
|
||||
A conversion from other formats to &mbox; will silently overwrite existing
|
||||
<literal>Status</literal> and <literal>X-Status</literal> message headers.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title><acronym>IMAP</acronym></title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
When <command>archivemail</command> processes an <acronym>IMAP</acronym> folder, all messages
|
||||
in that folder will have their <literal>\Recent</literal> flag unset, and they will
|
||||
probably not show up as <quote>new</quote> in your user agent later on.
|
||||
When <command>archivemail</command> processes an <acronym>IMAP</acronym>
|
||||
folder, all messages in that folder will have their <literal>\Recent</literal>
|
||||
flag unset, and they will probably not show up as <quote>new</quote> in your
|
||||
user agent later on.
|
||||
There is no way around this, it's just how <acronym>IMAP</acronym> works.
|
||||
This does not apply, however, if you run <command>archivemail</command> with the options
|
||||
<option>--dry-run</option> or <option>--copy</option>.
|
||||
This does not apply, however, if you run <command>archivemail</command> with
|
||||
the options <option>--dry-run</option> or <option>--copy</option>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command> relies on server-side searches to determine the messages
|
||||
that should be archived.
|
||||
When matching message dates, <acronym>IMAP</acronym> servers refer to server internal
|
||||
message dates, and these may differ from both delivery time of a message and
|
||||
its <literal>Date</literal> header.
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command> relies on server-side searches to determine the
|
||||
messages that should be archived.
|
||||
When matching message dates, <acronym>IMAP</acronym> servers refer to server
|
||||
internal message dates, and these may differ from both delivery time of a
|
||||
message and its <literal>Date</literal> header.
|
||||
Also, there exist broken servers which do not implement server side searches.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<refsect3><title><acronym>IMAP</acronym> <acronym>URL</acronym>s</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command>'s <acronym>IMAP</acronym> <acronym>URL</acronym> parser was written
|
||||
with the <acronym>RFC</acronym> 2882 (<citetitle>Internet Message Format</citetitle>) rules for
|
||||
the <token>local-part</token> of email addresses in mind.
|
||||
So, rather than enforcing an <acronym>URL</acronym>-style encoding of non-<acronym>ascii</acronym>
|
||||
and reserved characters, it allows to double-quote the username and password.
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command>'s <acronym>IMAP</acronym>
|
||||
<acronym>URL</acronym> parser was written with the <acronym>RFC</acronym> 2882
|
||||
(<citetitle>Internet Message Format</citetitle>) rules for the
|
||||
<token>local-part</token> of email addresses in mind.
|
||||
So, rather than enforcing an <acronym>URL</acronym>-style encoding of
|
||||
non-<acronym>ascii</acronym> and reserved characters, it allows to
|
||||
double-quote the username and password.
|
||||
If your username or password contains the delimiter characters
|
||||
<quote>@</quote> or <quote>:</quote>, just quote it like this:
|
||||
<replaceable>imap://"username@bogus.com":"password"@imap.bogus.com/mailbox</replaceable>.
|
||||
|
|
@ -513,14 +591,13 @@ wildcards in mailbox names.
|
|||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command> tries to be smart when handling mailbox paths.
|
||||
In particular, it will automatically add an <acronym>IMAP</acronym> <literal>NAMESPACE</literal>
|
||||
prefix to the mailbox path if necessary; and if you are archiving a subfolder,
|
||||
you can use the slash as a path separator instead of the <acronym>IMAP</acronym> server's
|
||||
internal representation.
|
||||
In particular, it will automatically add an <acronym>IMAP</acronym>
|
||||
<literal>NAMESPACE</literal> prefix to the mailbox path if necessary; and if
|
||||
you are archiving a subfolder, you can use the slash as a path separator
|
||||
instead of the <acronym>IMAP</acronym> server's internal representation.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</refsect3>
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect1>
|
||||
|
|
@ -562,7 +639,8 @@ are older than the first of January 2002 to a compressed mailbox called
|
|||
|
||||
<informalexample>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Exactly the same as the above example, using an <acronym>ISO</acronym> date format instead:
|
||||
Exactly the same as the above example, using an <acronym>ISO</acronym> date
|
||||
format instead:
|
||||
<screen>
|
||||
<prompt>bash$ </prompt><userinput>archivemail --date=2002-01-01 cm-melb</userinput>
|
||||
</screen>
|
||||
|
|
@ -614,26 +692,27 @@ that are older than 90 days to compressed mailboxes in the
|
|||
|
||||
<informalexample>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To archive all mails older than 180 days from the given <acronym>IMAP</acronym>
|
||||
<literal>INBOX</literal> to a compressed mailbox <filename>INBOX_archive.gz</filename> in the
|
||||
<filename>$HOME/Mail/Archive</filename> directory, quoting the password and
|
||||
reading it from the environment variable <envar>PASSWORD</envar>:
|
||||
To archive all mails older than 180 days from the given
|
||||
<acronym>IMAP</acronym> <literal>INBOX</literal> to a compressed mailbox
|
||||
<filename>INBOX_archive.gz</filename> in the
|
||||
<filename>$HOME/Mail/Archive</filename> directory, quoting the password and
|
||||
reading it from the environment variable <envar>PASSWORD</envar>:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<!-- i'm open to suggestions how to avoid making such a super-long line here. -->
|
||||
<screen>
|
||||
<prompt>bash$ </prompt><userinput>archivemail -o $HOME/Mail/Archive imaps://user:'"'$PASSWORD'"'@example.org/INBOX</userinput>
|
||||
</screen>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Note the protected quotes.
|
||||
Note the protected quotes.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</informalexample>
|
||||
|
||||
<informalexample>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To archive all mails older than 180 days in subfolders of <filename
|
||||
class="directory">foo</filename> on the given <acronym>IMAP</acronym>
|
||||
server to corresponding archives in the current working directory, reading
|
||||
the password from the file <filename>~/imap-pass.txt</filename>:
|
||||
To archive all mails older than 180 days in subfolders of <filename
|
||||
class="directory">foo</filename> on the given <acronym>IMAP</acronym>
|
||||
server to corresponding archives in the current working directory, reading the
|
||||
password from the file <filename>~/imap-pass.txt</filename>:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<screen>
|
||||
<prompt>bash$ </prompt><userinput>archivemail --pwfile=~/imap-pass.txt imaps://user@example.org/foo/*</userinput>
|
||||
|
|
@ -644,8 +723,8 @@ that are older than 90 days to compressed mailboxes in the
|
|||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Tips</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Probably the best way to run <command>archivemail</command> is from your &crontab;
|
||||
file, using the <option>--quiet</option> option.
|
||||
Probably the best way to run <command>archivemail</command> is from your
|
||||
&crontab; file, using the <option>--quiet</option> option.
|
||||
Don't forget to try the <option>--dry-run</option> and perhaps the
|
||||
<option>--copy</option> option for non-destructive testing.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
|
@ -660,11 +739,11 @@ Don't forget to try the <option>--dry-run</option> and perhaps the
|
|||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Bugs</title>
|
||||
<simpara>
|
||||
If an <acronym>IMAP</acronym> mailbox path contains slashes, the archive filename
|
||||
will be derived from the basename of the mailbox.
|
||||
If the server's folder separator differs from the Unix slash and is used in the
|
||||
<acronym>IMAP</acronym> <acronym>URL</acronym>, however, the whole path will be considered
|
||||
the basename of the mailbox.
|
||||
If an <acronym>IMAP</acronym> mailbox path contains slashes, the archive
|
||||
filename will be derived from the basename of the mailbox.
|
||||
If the server's folder separator differs from the Unix slash and is used in
|
||||
the <acronym>IMAP</acronym> <acronym>URL</acronym>, however, the whole path
|
||||
will be considered the basename of the mailbox.
|
||||
<abbrev>E.g.</abbrev> the two <acronym>URL</acronym>s
|
||||
<userinput>imap://user@example.com/folder/subfolder</userinput> and
|
||||
<userinput>imap://user@example.com/folder.subfolder</userinput> will be
|
||||
|
|
@ -673,17 +752,18 @@ archived in <filename>subfolder_archive.gz</filename> and
|
|||
might refer to the same <acronym>IMAP</acronym> mailbox.
|
||||
</simpara>
|
||||
<simpara>
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command> does not support reading <acronym>MMDF</acronym> or
|
||||
<acronym>Babyl</acronym>-format mailboxes. In fact, it will probably think it is
|
||||
reading an <acronym>mbox</acronym>-format mailbox and cause all sorts of problems.
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command> does not support reading
|
||||
<acronym>MMDF</acronym> or <acronym>Babyl</acronym>-format mailboxes. In fact,
|
||||
it will probably think it is reading an <acronym>mbox</acronym>-format mailbox
|
||||
and cause all sorts of problems.
|
||||
</simpara>
|
||||
|
||||
<simpara>
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command> is still too slow, but if you are running from &crontab;
|
||||
you won't care. Archiving <acronym>maildir</acronym>-format mailboxes should be
|
||||
a lot quicker than <acronym>mbox</acronym>-format mailboxes since it is less
|
||||
painful for the original mailbox to be reconstructed after selective message
|
||||
removal.
|
||||
<command>archivemail</command> is still too slow, but if you are running from
|
||||
&crontab; you won't care. Archiving <acronym>maildir</acronym>-format
|
||||
mailboxes should be a lot quicker than <acronym>mbox</acronym>-format
|
||||
mailboxes since it is less painful for the original mailbox to be
|
||||
reconstructed after selective message removal.
|
||||
</simpara>
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -706,8 +786,8 @@ removal.
|
|||
|
||||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Author</title>
|
||||
<simpara> This manual page was written by Paul Rodger <paul at paulrodger dot
|
||||
com>. Updated and supplemented by Nikolaus Schulz
|
||||
<simpara> This manual page was written by Paul Rodger <paul at paulrodger
|
||||
dot com>. Updated and supplemented by Nikolaus Schulz
|
||||
<email>microschulz@web.de</email></simpara>
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
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|
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