imap(1)

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💖 NAME 💖

Okay so bestie, the name is imap and it’s the IMAP-specific API — this is the imap(1) page from the General Commands Manual, and it’s giving “protocol command list but make it a group chat” ✨.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

imap [-h|--help] <subcommands>

That’s the whole summoning ritual: run imap, optionally toss in -h or --help, and hand it a <subcommands> situation 💅.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

It’s an IMAP-specific API. No cap.

Each subcommand carries the name of its RFC 3501 counterpart, laid out as the flat command list the protocol itself is. So yes, it’s flat on purpose — that’s literally the protocol’s whole thing, and honestly? iconic 🫶.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — print help (the page says “see a summary with -h”) 💖

👯 SUBCOMMANDS 👯

Every one of these is a (1) page, so this is basically the squad list 🌈. All the names, RFCs, and tiny descriptions are right here — no skipped members, periodt.

  • imap-id(1) — exchange identification parameters with the server (ID, RFC 2971) 🆔
  • imap-select(1) — select the given mailbox (SELECT, RFC 3501) 📥
  • imap-create(1) — create the given mailbox (CREATE, RFC 3501) 🎀
  • imap-delete(1) — delete the given mailbox (DELETE, RFC 3501) 💀
  • imap-rename(1) — rename the given mailbox (RENAME, RFC 3501) ✏️
  • imap-subscribe(1) — subscribe to the given mailbox (SUBSCRIBE, RFC 3501) 🔔
  • imap-unsubscribe(1) — unsubscribe from the given mailbox (UNSUBSCRIBE, RFC 3501) 🔕
  • imap-list(1) — list mailboxes (LIST and LSUB, RFC 3501) 📋
  • imap-status(1) — get the status of the given mailbox (STATUS, RFC 3501) 📊
  • imap-close(1) — close the selected mailbox (CLOSE, RFC 3501) 🚪
  • imap-unselect(1) — unselect the selected mailbox (UNSELECT, RFC 3691) 🙅
  • imap-expunge(1) — expunge the given mailbox (EXPUNGE, RFC 3501) 🧹
  • imap-search(1) — search messages (SEARCH, RFC 3501) 🔍
  • imap-sort(1) — sort messages (SORT, RFC 5256) 🧮
  • imap-thread(1) — thread messages (THREAD, RFC 5256) 🧵
  • imap-store(1) — store flags on messages (STORE, RFC 3501) 🗃️
  • imap-flag(1) — list the flags a mailbox allows (SELECT response, RFC 3501) 🚩
  • imap-fetch(1) — fetch message data items (FETCH, RFC 3501) 🎣
  • imap-append(1) — append a message to a mailbox (APPEND, RFC 3501) 📎
  • imap-copy(1) — copy messages to the given mailbox (COPY, RFC 3501) 📄
  • imap-move(1) — move messages to the given mailbox (MOVE, RFC 6851) 🚚
  • imap-raw(1) — send raw IMAP commands and print the verbatim server response 🛰️
  • imap-help(1) — print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s) 🆘

That’s the whole imap(1) page from the General Commands Manual — the footer just says imap and imap(1), with no date listed, so here’s your cute sign-off instead: go slay those mailboxes, bestie, and remember — flat command list, main character energy, periodt 💌✨💅

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