CYR_USERSEEN(8)

💅 cyr_userseen — the cyr_userseen page from the Cyrus IMAP manual (section 8, bestie) ✨

okay so cyr_userseen is a Cyrus IMAP thing, and what it does is clear seen state information for the mail store. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

⚠️ WARNING, and I need you to actually read this one: this command does not take a constraining argument. it acts on the entire mail store, removing all user seen state for all mailboxes and all users. no filters. no "just this one mailbox". the whole thing. 💀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

cyr_userseen [ -C config-file ] [ -d ]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

cyr_userseen will clear all user seen state for the mail store. like, every bit of it.

if you run it with no options at all, it'll show you what would be done — but it will not actually alter any existing state. it's giving "window shopping" energy. you get to look, you don't get to touch. 🛍️

cyr_userseen reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file, unless you tell it otherwise with -C. that's the plot. 🦋

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -C config-file — use the config file config-file instead of the default imapd.conf(5). your config, your rules, your main character moment. 👑
• -d, --delete — actually delete all user seen state information. this is the one that does the thing fr fr. no dry run, no takebacks. 🔥

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🧚 EXAMPLES 🧚

cyr_userseen

display what would be changed were the -d flag used. (preview mode, bestie. nothing gets touched.) 🙈

cyr_userseen -d

delete all user seen state for all mailboxes in mail store. (the real deal. periodt.) 💅

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🍓 FILES 🍓

• /etc/imapd.conf

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• imapd.conf(5)

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⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

The Cyrus Team, Nic Bernstein (Onlight) — iconic behavior, we love them 🫶

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

1993–2026, The Cyrus Team

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was cyr_userseen from Cyrus IMAP version 3.12.4, dated Sep 09, 2026 — section 8 of the manual, CYR_USERSEEN(8), iykyk. stay safe out there and please don't run -d on anything you love 😭 ✨🎀