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UNEXPUNGE(8)                                                                                    UNEXPUNGE(8)



NAME
       unexpunge - restore expunged (but yet unremoved) messages

SYNOPSIS
       unexpunge [ -C config-file ] -l mailbox
       unexpunge [ -C config-file ] -a [ -d ] [ -v ] mailbox
       unexpunge [ -C config-file ] -u [ -d ] [ -v ] mailbox uid...

DESCRIPTION
       Unexpunge is used to restore expunged messages which have yet to be removed from the Cyrus mailspool.
       This utility is only useful when the server is configured to use delayed expunge.

       Unexpunge reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file unless specified otherwise by
       -C.

OPTIONS
       -C config-file
              Read configuration options from config-file.

       -l     List the expunged messages in the specified mailbox which are available for restoration.

       -a     Restore all of the expunged messages in the specified mailbox.

       -u     Restore only those messages having the specified UIDs in the specified mailbox.

       -d     Unset the \Deleted flag on any restored messages.

       -v     Enable verbose output/logging.

FILES
       /etc/imapd.conf

SEE ALSO
       imapd.conf(5)



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