--------------- -- Options -- --------------- options.timeout = 120 options.subscribe = true ---------------- -- Accounts -- ---------------- -- Connects to "imap1.mail.server", as user "user1" with "secret1" as -- password. account1 = IMAP { server = 'imap1.mail.server', username = 'user1', password = 'secret1', } -- Another account which connects to the mail server using the SSLv3 -- protocol. account2 = IMAP { server = 'imap2.mail.server', username = 'user2', password = 'secret2', ssl = 'ssl3', } -- Get a list of the available mailboxes and folders mailboxes, folders = account1:list_all() -- Get a list of the subscribed mailboxes and folders mailboxes, folders = account1:list_subscribed() -- Create a mailbox account1:create_mailbox('Friends') -- Subscribe a mailbox account1:subscribe_mailbox('Friends') ----------------- -- Mailboxes -- ----------------- -- Get the status of a mailbox account1.INBOX:check_status() -- Get all the messages in the mailbox. result = account1.INBOX:select_all() -- Get newly arrived, unread messages result = account1.INBOX:is_new() -- Get unseen messages with the specified "From" header. result = account1.INBOX:is_unseen() * account1.INBOX:contain_from('weekly-news@news.letter') -- Copy messages between mailboxes at the same account. account1.INBOX:copy_messages(account1.news, result) -- Get messages with the specified "From" header but without the -- specified "Subject" header. result = account1.INBOX:contain_from('announce@my.unix.os') - account1.INBOX:contain_subject('security advisory') -- Copy messages between mailboxes at a different account. account1.INBOX:copy_messages(account2.security, result) -- Get messages with any of the specified headers. result = account1.INBOX:contain_from('marketing@company.junk') + account1.INBOX:contain_from('advertising@annoying.promotion') + account1.INBOX:contain_subject('new great products') -- Get messages matching matching the specified regular expression in -- the header. result = account1.INBOX:match_header('^.+MailScanner.*Check: [Ss]pam$') -- Delete messages. account1.INBOX:delete_messages(result) -- Get messages with the specified "Subject" header and a size less than -- 50000 octets (bytes). result = account1.INBOX:contain_subject('[patch]') * account1.INBOX:is_smaller(50000) -- Move messages between mailboxes at the same account. account1.INBOX:move_messages(account1.patch, result) -- Get messages with the specified "Sender" header, which are older than -- 30 days. result = account1.INBOX:contain_field('sender', 'owner@mailling-ist') * account1.INBOX:is_older(30) -- Move messages between mailboxes at a different account. account1.INBOX:move_messages(account2.INBOX, result) -- Get recent, unseen messages, that have either one of the specified -- "From" headers, but do not have the specified pattern in the body of -- the message. result = ( account1.INBOX:is_recent() * account1.INBOX:is_unseen() * ( account1.INBOX:contain_from('tux@penguin.land') + account1.INBOX:contain_from('beastie@daemon.land') ) ) - account1.INBOX:match_body('.*all.work.and.no.play.*') -- Mark messages. account1.INBOX:mark_seen(account1, result)