Search-IMAP Cmdlet

Parameters Output Objects Configuration Settings

The Search-IMAP cmdlet is used to search electronic mail from Internet Message Access (IMAP) servers.

Syntax

Search-IMAP [parameters]

Remarks

This cmdlet implements a standard Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client as specified in RFC 1730 and RFC 2060 for retrieving email and listing mail folders (mailboxes).

To use the cmdlet to retrieve email, you must specify a mail Server, User, and Password. Specify the Folder for the mailbox you wish to connect to. The email message (or range of messages) to download is given by View.

Retrieved email messages will be returned in one or more EmailMessages. Brief information (Id, From, Subject, and size) about each retrieved email will be returned in one or more MessageHeaderss.

You may also list all of your mailboxes by setting the ListFolders switch. Folders will be returned in one or more MailBoxObjects.

To use SSL-enabled (RFC 2595) IMAP, set the SSL switch.

This cmdlet handles retrieving emails and listing email folders. To send an email, see the SEND-EMAIL cmdlet. To delete a message or manage IMAP mail folders, use the SET-IMAP cmdlet.

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.

# search the inbox for messages not seen

search-imap -server mailserver -credential $cred -folder inbox -search 'ALL NOT SEEN'

Connection 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.
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.
Password	The password to use for authentication.
Port	The TCP port in the remote host to which to connect.
Search	The string to search for in the IMAP server.
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.

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.