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+.Dd December 20, 2019
+.Dt IMBOX 1
+.Os
+.
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm imbox
+.Nd IMAP to mboxrd
+.
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl vw
+.Op Fl h Ar host
+.Op Fl m Ar mailbox
+.Op Fl p Ar port
+.Op Fl s Ar search
+.Ar user
+.
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility exports messages from an IMAP mailbox
+to the mboxrd format on standard output.
+IMAP login is performed as
+.Ar user
+with a password read from
+.Pa /dev/tty ,
+or standard input if
+.Fl w
+is used.
+.
+.Pp
+The arguments are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl h Ar host
+Connect to
+.Ar host .
+The default host is
+.Li imap.fastmail.com .
+TLS without STARTTLS is assumed.
+.
+.It Fl m Ar mailbox
+Export messages from
+.Ar mailbox .
+The default mailbox is INBOX.
+.
+.It Fl p Ar port
+Connect to
+.Ar port .
+The default port is 993.
+.
+.It Fl s Ar search
+Export messages matching
+.Ar search .
+The default search is
+.Ql SUBJECT \(dq[PATCH\(dq .
+.
+.It Fl v
+Log IMAP protocol to standard error.
+.
+.It Fl w
+Read the IMAP password from standard input.
+.El
+.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Bd -literal
+imbox june@causal.agency | git am
+.Ed
+.
+.Sh STANDARDS
+.Bl -item
+.It
+.Rs
+.%A M. Crispin
+.%Q University of Washington
+.%T INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4rev1
+.%I IETF
+.%N RFC 3501
+.%D March 2003
+.%U https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501
+.Re
+.It
+.Rs
+.%A E. Hall
+.%T The application/mbox Media Type
+.%I IETF
+.%N RFC 4155
+.%D September 2005
+.%U https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4155
+.Re
+.El