.Dd December  4, 2020
.Dt IMBOX 1
.Os
.
.Sh NAME
.Nm imbox
.Nd IMAP to mbox
.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl vw
.Op Fl C Ar cc
.Op Fl F Ar from
.Op Fl S Ar subject
.Op Fl T Ar to
.Op Fl h Ar host
.Op Fl m Ar mailbox
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Ar user
.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility exports messages from an IMAP mailbox
to the mboxrd format on standard output.
Messages matching the criteria set by
.Fl CFST
are exported.
The default criterion is
.Fl S Cm '[PATCH' .
.
.Pp
IMAP over TLS without STARTTLS is assumed.
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 C Ar cc
Export messages with matching
.Cm Cc
headers.
.
.It Fl F Ar from
Export messages with matching
.Cm From
headers.
.
.It Fl S Ar subject
Export messages with matching
.Cm Subject
headers.
.
.It Fl T Ar to
Export messages with matching
.Cm To
headers.
.
.It Fl h Ar host
Connect to IMAP on
.Ar host .
The default host is determined by SRV record lookup
on the domain name of
.Ar user ,
or simply the domain name
if no SRV record exists.
.
.It Fl m Ar mailbox
Export messages from
.Ar mailbox .
The default mailbox is INBOX.
.
.It Fl p Ar port
Connect to IMAP on
.Ar port .
If the
.Fl h
option is used,
the default port is
.Cm imaps
(993).
Otherwise,
the port is determined in the same fashion as the host.
.
.It Fl v
Log IMAP protocol to standard error.
.
.It Fl w
Read the password from standard input.
.El
.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal
imbox -T list+imbox@causal.agency june@causal.agency
.Ed
.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr git-am 1 ,
.Xr git-fetch-email 1
.
.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
.It
.Rs
.%A P. Mockapetris
.%T DOMAIN NAMES - IMPLEMENTATION AND SPECIFICATION
.%I IETF
.%R RFC 1035
.%D November 1987
.%U https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1035
.Re
.It
.Rs
.%A A. Gulbrandsen
.%A P. Vixie
.%A L. Esibov
.%T A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
.%I IETF
.%R RFC 2782
.%D February 2000
.%U https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2782
.Re
.El
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.Sh AUTHORS
.An June Bug Aq Mt june@causal.agency
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.Sh BUGS
Send mail to
.Aq Mt list+imbox@causal.agency
or join
.Li #ascii.town
on
.Li chat.freenode.net .