README.md

imap-maintenance

IMAP mailbox maintenance script written for fun in Go. This is useful if you need to periodically purge or sort IMAP mailboxes.

build

go build

test

This will fire up up a docker container to simulate a real IMAP server to test against. So you'll need a docker install for this to work.

go test

usage

NAME:
   imap-maintenance - purge or sort IMAP mailboxes

USAGE:
   imap-maintenance.exe [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   0.1

COMMANDS:
     purge    purge folders
     help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --debug, -d               Debug logging
   --dry-run, -n             Dry run mode
   --server value, -s value  imap server
   --port value, -P value    imap server port (default: "993")
   --user value, -u value    imap user
   --tls                     connect with TLS
   --help, -h                show help
   --version, -v             print the version

purge messages older than a certain date

NAME:
imap-maintenance.exe purge - purge folders

USAGE:
imap-maintenance.exe purge [command options] None

DESCRIPTION:

purge IMAP folders based on age

OPTIONS:
--age value, -A value    older than AGE (in days) (default: 400)
--batch value, -B value  purge in batches (default: 25)

example: purge messages older than 90 days

./imap-maintenance.exe purge --server imap.gmail.com --user yourgmailuser --tls purge --age 90 bigmailbox