https://github.com/jarus/imap_copy

Simple tool to copy folders from one IMAP server to another server.
https://github.com/jarus/imap_copy

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Simple tool to copy folders from one IMAP server to another server.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jarus/imap_copy
• Owner: jarus
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2013-04-10T16:18:41.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-09-22T00:39:24.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-04T10:34:04.105Z (7 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 20.5 KB
• Stars: 82
• Watchers: 14
• Forks: 42
• Open Issues: 13
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  • Readme: README.rst
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
IMAP Copy

=========

This is a very simple tool to copy folders from one IMAP server to another server.

Example:

The example below copies all messages from the INBOX of your other server into

the 'OTHER-SERVER/Inbox' folder of Gmail.

::

    python imapcopy.py "imap.otherserver.com.au:993" "username:password" \

    "imap.googlemail.com:993" "[email protected]:password" \

    "INBOX" "OTHER-SERVER/Inbox" --verbose

Since Gmail terribly throttles uploading and downloading mails over IMAP, you 

may find the 'skip' and 'limit' options handy. If Gmail disconnected you after

copying 123 emails out of your total 1000 emails in the example shown above, 

you may use the following command to resume copying skipping the first 123 

messages.

::

    python imapcopy.py "imap.otherserver.com.au:993" "username:password" \

    "imap.googlemail.com:993" "[email protected]:password" \

    "INBOX" "OTHER-SERVER/Inbox" --skip 123

Similarly the 'limit' option allows you to copy only the N number of messages

excluding the skipped messages. For example, the following command will copy

message no. 124 to 223 into Gmail.

::

    python imapcopy.py "imap.otherserver.com.au:993" "username:password" \

    "imap.googlemail.com:993" "[email protected]:password" \

    "INBOX" "OTHER-SERVER/Inbox" --skip 123 --limit 100

There is also 'recurse' option that copies contents of folders with all of

its subfolders. Also if you replace source mailbox with empty string, it will

copy all contents of that mailbox:

:: 

    python imapcopy.py "imap.otherserver.com.au:993" "username:password" \

    "imap.googlemail.com:993" "[email protected]:password" \

    "" "OTHER-SERVER" --recurse

Usage:

::

    usage: imapcopy.py [-h] [-q] [-v]

                   source source-auth destination destination-auth mailboxes

                   [mailboxes ...]

    positional arguments:

      source            Source host ex. imap.googlemail.com:993

      source-auth       Source host authentication ex. [email protected]:password

      destination       Destination host ex. imap.otherhoster.com:993

      destination-auth  Destination host authentication ex.

                        [email protected]:password

      mailboxes         List of mailboxes alternate between source mailbox and

                        destination mailbox.

    optional arguments:

      -h, --help        show this help message and exit

      -c, --create-mailboxes

                        Create the mailboxes on destination

      -r, --recurse     Recurse into submailboxes

      -q, --quiet       ppsssh... be quiet. (no output)

      -v, --verbose     more output please (debug level)

      -s N, --skip N    skip the first N message(s)

      -l N, --limit N   only copy N number of message(s)

  

Only tested on Python 2.7.