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imapsync script to migrate multiple IMAP accounts in a row
# <SRCUSER> <SRCPW> <DSTUSER> <DSTPW>
#!/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
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sjmuniz commented May 29, 2022

Oh, so you are suggesting the risk is that someone logged in the same shared server could pick the password from the process table with ps. That makes sense.
Thank you.

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