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    "section": "1",
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    "generated": "2026-06-13T19:42:51Z",
    "synopsis": "movemail.mailutils [OPTION...] inbox-url destfile [POP-password]",
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        "NAME": {
            "content": "movemail.mailutils - move messages across mailboxes.\n",
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        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "movemail.mailutils [OPTION...] inbox-url destfile [POP-password]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "GNU movemail -- move messages across mailboxes.\n",
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                    "name": "--[no-]emacs",
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                    "name": "--[no-]ignore-errors",
                    "content": "try to continue after errors\n\n--max-messages=NUMBER\nprocess at most NUMBER messages\n"
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                    "name": "-m --[no-]progress-meter",
                    "content": "enable progress meter\n",
                    "flag": "-m"
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                {
                    "name": "--[no-]notify",
                    "content": "enable biff notification\n\n--onerror=KW[,KW...]\nwhat to do on errors\n"
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                {
                    "name": "-P --owner",
                    "content": "control mailbox ownership\n",
                    "flag": "-P",
                    "long": "--owner"
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                {
                    "name": "-p --[no-]preserve --keep-messages",
                    "content": "preserve the source mailbox\n\n--program-id=FMT\nset program identifier for diagnostics (default: program name)\n",
                    "flag": "-p",
                    "long": "--keep-messages"
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                {
                    "name": "-r --[no-]reverse",
                    "content": "reverse the sorting order\n",
                    "flag": "-r"
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                {
                    "name": "-u --[no-]uidl",
                    "content": "use UIDLs to avoid downloading the same message twice\n",
                    "flag": "-u"
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                {
                    "name": "-v --verbose",
                    "content": "increase verbosity level\n\nGlobal debugging settings\n\n--debug-level=LEVEL\nset Mailutils debugging level\n\n--[no-]debug-line-info show source info with debugging messages\n\nConfiguration handling\n\n--config-file=FILE\nload this configuration file; implies --no-config\n",
                    "flag": "-v",
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                    "name": "--config-lint",
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                    "name": "--config-verbose",
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                    "name": "--no-config",
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                    "name": "--no-site-config",
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                {
                    "name": "--no-user-config",
                    "content": "do not load user configuration file\n\n--set=PARAM=VALUE\nset configuration parameter\n\nInformational options\n",
                    "long": "--no-user-config"
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                {
                    "name": "--config-help",
                    "content": "show configuration file summary\n",
                    "long": "--config-help"
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                {
                    "name": "--show-config-options",
                    "content": "show compilation options\n\n-?, --help\ngive this help list\n",
                    "long": "--show-config-options"
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                {
                    "name": "--usage",
                    "content": "give a short usage message\n",
                    "long": "--usage"
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                {
                    "name": "-V --version",
                    "content": "print program version\n\nMandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corre‐\nsponding short options.\n",
                    "flag": "-V",
                    "long": "--version"
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        "REPORTING BUGS": {
            "content": "Report bugs to <bug-mailutils@gnu.org>.\nGNU Mailutils home page: <http://mailutils.org>\nGeneral help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COPYRIGHT": {
            "content": "Copyright © 2007-2022 Free Software Foundation, inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL  version  3  or\nlater <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>\nThis  is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to\nthe extent permitted by law.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "The complete GNU mailutils documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the mailutils-\ndoc package is installed, the command\n\ninfo mailutils\n\nshould give you access to the complete manual.\nYou can also find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:\nhttps://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.\nPlease  note  this  manpage was automatically generated by the Debian mailutils packagers. Do\nnot file bugs for its content to the GNU Mailutils upstream authors.\n\n\n\nFSF                                         January 2022                       MOVEMAIL.MAILUTILS(1)",
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