1UNEXPUNGE(8)                      Cyrus IMAP                      UNEXPUNGE(8)
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NAME

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8       Recover messages the user has (accidentally) deleted.
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SYNOPSIS

11       unexpunge [ -C config-file ] -l mailbox
12       unexpunge [ -C config-file ] -t time-interval [ -d ] [ -v ] [ -f flagname ] mailbox
13       unexpunge [ -C config-file ] -a [ -d ] [ -v ] [ -f flagname ] mailbox
14       unexpunge [ -C config-file ] -u [ -d ] [ -v ] [ -f flagname ] mailbox uid...
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DESCRIPTION

17       The  unexpunge  program  is used to list or restore messages which have
18       been deleted from a mailbox, but still reside in the  Cyrus  IMAP  mail
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21       This  utility  is  only  useful  when the server is configured with ex‐
22       punge_mode set to delayed in its configuration file.
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24       unexpunge reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file
25       unless specified otherwise by -C.
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OPTIONS

28       -C config-file
29              Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the
30              default imapd.conf(5).
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32       -l     List the expunged messages in the specified  mailbox  which  are
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36              Unexpunge messages which where expunged within the last time-in‐
37              terval seconds.  Use one of the trailing  modifiers  –  m  (min‐
38              utes), h (hours), d (days) or w (weeks) – to specify a different
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41       -a     Restore all of the expunged messages in the specified mailbox.
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43       -u     Restore only messages matching the UIDs,  in  a  space-separated
44              list  at  the  end  of  the command invocation, in the specified
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47       -d     Unset the \Deleted flag on any restored messages.
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49       -f flagname
50              Set the user flag \flagname on the messages restored, making  it
51              easier for the user(s) to find the restored messages and operate
52              on them (in a batch).
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54       -v     Enable verbose output/logging.
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EXAMPLES

57       unexpunge -l user/john@example.org
58          List the messages that are expunged and could be restored for  mail‐
59          box user/john@example.org.
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61       unexpunge -u user/john@example.org 278787 278788
62          Unexpunge two of these messages.
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64       mbexamine user/john@example.org
65          Examine the mailbox for the two restored messages.
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67       unexpunge -u -d user.johnsmith 46908
68          Unexpunge  a  select message based on its UID, clearing the \Deleted
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71       unexpunge -a user.johnsmit.Trash
72          Unexpunge all messages in a user’s Trash,  but  leave  them  flagged
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75       unexpunge -a -f Flagged user.johnsmith.Trash
76          The  same,  but  setting user flag \Flagged to facilitate later bulk
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79       unexpunge -t 24h -d -f Flagged user.johnsmith
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82       unexpunge -t 24h -d -f Flagged user/johnsmith
83          The same command, supporting the  unixhierarchysep:  yes  option  in
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FILES

87       /etc/imapd.conf
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SEE ALSO

90       imapd.conf(5)
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AUTHOR

93       The Cyrus Team, Nic Bernstein (Onlight), Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Sys‐
94       tems)
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97       1993-2018, The Cyrus Team
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