Move-IMAP Cmdlet
Parameters Output Objects Configuration Settings
The Move-IMAP cmdlet is used to move mails between folders in your Internet Message Access (IMAP) server.
Syntax
Move-IMAP [parameters]
Remarks
This cmdlet implements a standard Internet Message Access (IMAP) client as specified in RFC 1730 and RFC 2060 for deleting messages and managing mail folders.
The use the cmdlet you must specify a mail Server, User, and Password. To move a message, you should set the Folder to specify the mailbox and the Message parameter to specify the message you want to move, as well as specify the Destination parameter with the name of the destination mailbox.
To establish a secure SSL connection, set the SSL parameter.
The cmdlets support pipeline input for some of their parameters. Prebuilding an object and piping it to the cmdlet is very useful, but should be used with caution to prevent security conflicts. Steps have been taken to decrease the risk of a possibly accidental pipe to the cmdlet, for instance, the Credential parameter cannot be piped to the cmdlet and must be specified manually.
# move a mail itemmove-imap -server myserver -cred $mycred -folder Inbox -Message 75414 -Destination Inbox.TempConnection Handling
This cmdlet supports persistent connections through the Connection parameter. To establish a new IMAP connection, use the Connect-IMAP cmdlet. To close the connection, use the Disconnect-IMAP cmdlet.
Parameter List
The following is the full list of the parameters of the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| Connection | An already established connection. |
| LogFile | The location of a file to which debug information is written. |
| AuthMechanism | The authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the mail server. |
| CertPassword | The password to the certificate store. |
| CertStore | The name of the certificate store for the client certificate. |
| CertStoreType | The type of certificate store for the client certificate. |
| CertSubject | The subject of the certificate used for client authentication. |
| Config | Specifies one or more configuration settings. |
| Credential | The PSCredential object to use for user/password authentication. |
| Destination | Indicates the destination folder. |
| FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall. |
| FirewallPassword | A password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The port of the firewall to which to connect. |
| FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| Folder | The IMAP folder to which to connect. |
| Force | Forces the cmdlet to accept the default behavior instead of querying the user. |
| LocalIP | The IP address of the local interface to use. |
| LogFile | The location of a file to which debug information is written. |
| Message | Indicates the message that the cmdlet will move. |
| Password | The password to use for authentication. |
| Port | The TCP port in the remote host to which to connect. |
| Server | The address of the Server. |
| SSL | Determines how the cmdlet starts SSL negotiation. |
| SSLAccept | The encoded public key of the certificate which is to be trusted explicitly. |
| Timeout | The maximum time allowed for the operation. |
| User | The username to use for authentication. |
Output Objects
The following is the full list of the output objects returned by the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| IMAPMovedItem | This object is created after an item has been moved or copied. |
Configuration Settings
The following is a list of configuration settings for the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| MessageCount | Number of messages in the mailbox. |
| AlwaysReturnUIDs | Instructs the server to return UIDs even if not in UIDMode. |
| AppendToMailboxDateTime | Specifies the date-time parameter used in the initial APPEND request. |
| AuthorizationIdentity | The value to use as the authorization identity when SASL authentication is used. |
| AutoDecodeText | Whether to decode MessageText when AutoDecodeParts is True. |
| FetchAfterSearch | Determines if messages matching the SearchCriteria are fetched after calling SearchMailbox. |
| IncludeHeaders | Instructs the cmdlet to include the headers in the LocalFile. |
| MaskSensitive | Whether sensitive properties should be masked when logging. |
| UTF7MailboxNames | Specifies whether or not to automatically encode and decode UTF-7 mailbox names. |
| ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
| FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the cmdlet whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
| FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
| FirewallPassword | Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The TCP port for the FirewallHost;. |
| FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
| KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
| Linger | When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully. |
| LingerTime | Time in seconds to have the connection linger. |
| LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
| LocalPort | The port in the local host where the cmdlet binds. |
| MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
| MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
| ProxyExceptionsList | A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy. |
| TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
| UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
| TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
| AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
| FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
| InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
| OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |
| UseBackgroundThread | Whether threads created by the cmdlet are background threads. |
| UseInternalSecurityAPI | Tells the cmdlet whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation. |