imapsync script to migrate multiple IMAP accounts in a row

accounts.list

# <SRCUSER> <SRCPW> <DSTUSER> <DSTPW>

imapsync.sh

#!/bin/bash

############# CONFIGURATION ###########
ACCOUNTS=accounts.list
SRCHOST=imap.example.com
DSTHOST=imap.onlime.ch
#######################################

EXTRALOG=sync.log
TSFORMAT="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

# loop through all accounts
grep -ve '^#.*' $ACCOUNTS | while read SRCUSER SRCPW DSTUSER DSTPW
do
    MESSAGE="[`date +"$TSFORMAT"`] synchronizing $SRCUSER@$SRCHOST to $DSTUSER@$DSTHOST ..."
    echo $MESSAGE
    echo $MESSAGE >> $EXTRALOG

    # security: temporarly store passwords to files in order 
    # not to pass them directly by command line option
    echo -n $SRCPW > imap-secret-src
    echo -n $DSTPW > imap-secret-dst

    ## VARIANT 1) source host supports SSL/TLS (imap port 993)
    imapsync --host1 $SRCHOST --ssl1 --port1 993 --authmech1 PLAIN --user1 $SRCUSER --passfile1 imap-secret-src \
             --host2 $DSTHOST --ssl2 --port2 993 --authmech2 PLAIN --user2 $DSTUSER --passfile2 imap-secret-dst \
             --delete2 --delete2folders

    ## VARIANT 2) source host does not support SSL/TLS (imap port 143)
    #imapsync --host1 $SRCHOST        --port1 143 --authmech1 PLAIN --user1 $SRCUSER --passfile1 imap-secret-src \
    #         --host2 $DSTHOST --ssl2 --port2 993 --authmech2 PLAIN --user2 $DSTUSER --passfile2 imap-secret-dst \
    #         --delete2 --delete2folders

    ## VARIANT 3) source host has different INBOX prefix, transform it while syncing
    #imapsync --host1 $SRCHOST --ssl1 --port1 993 --authmech1 PLAIN --user1 $SRCUSER --passfile1 imap-secret-src \
    #         --host2 $DSTHOST --ssl2 --port2 993 --authmech2 PLAIN --user2 $DSTUSER --passfile2 imap-secret-dst \
    #         --delete2 --delete2folders
    #         --regextrans2 "s/INBOX.INBOX/INBOX/"

    rm -f imap-secret-*
done

MESSAGE="[`date +"$TSFORMAT"`] imapsync sucessfully completed!"
echo $MESSAGE
echo $MESSAGE >> $EXTRALOG
exit 0

Thank you for the script, quick question how could we add to exlude trash folder?

something like this ?

imapsync --host1 $SRCHOST --ssl1 --port1 993 --authmech1 PLAIN --user1 $SRCUSER --passfile1 imap-secret-src \
             --host2 $DSTHOST --ssl2 --port2 993 --authmech2 PLAIN --user2 $DSTUSER --passfile2 imap-secret-dst \
             --delete2 --delete2folders
             --exclude "Trash"

but i dont get the command --delete2 --delete2folder?

@killma

Thank you for the script, quick question how could we add to exlude trash folder?

something like this ?

imapsync --host1 $SRCHOST --ssl1 --port1 993 --authmech1 PLAIN --user1 $SRCUSER --passfile1 imap-secret-src \
             --host2 $DSTHOST --ssl2 --port2 993 --authmech2 PLAIN --user2 $DSTUSER --passfile2 imap-secret-dst \
             --delete2 --delete2folders
             --exclude "Trash"

but i dont get the command --delete2 --delete2folder?

You forgot to put \ on end of line :

imapsync --host1 $SRCHOST --ssl1 --port1 993 --authmech1 PLAIN --user1 $SRCUSER --passfile1 imap-secret-src \ --host2 $DSTHOST --ssl2 --port2 993 --authmech2 PLAIN --user2 $DSTUSER --passfile2 imap-secret-dst \ --delete2 --delete2folders \ --exclude "Trash"

Thank you

quick question to add this to the code would be something like this?

 imapsync --host1 $SRCHOST --ssl1 --port1 993 --authmech1 PLAIN --user1 $SRC$
             --host2 $DSTHOST --ssl2 --port2 993 --authmech2 PLAIN --user2 $DST$
             --delete2 --delete2folders \
             --exclude "Trash" \
           --nofoldersizes \
            --skipsize \
             --fast \
          --exclude "Papelera" \