Table: imap_mailbox - Query IMAP Mailboxes using SQL

IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a standard email protocol that stores email messages on a mail server and allows the end user to view and manipulate the messages as though they were stored locally on the end user's computing device(s). The IMAP protocol is designed to enable users to view, organize and sort their email messages in various ways. It is particularly useful for people who need to access their email on multiple devices or from different locations.

Table Usage Guide

The imap_mailbox table provides insights into mailboxes within an IMAP server. As a system administrator, explore mailbox-specific details through this table, including mailbox size, message count, and associated metadata. Utilize it to uncover information about mailboxes, such as those with high message count, the size of each mailbox, and the organization of emails.

Examples

List all mailboxs

Discover the segments that encompass all your mailboxes, providing a comprehensive view of your email landscape. This is useful for gaining an overall understanding of your email organization and management.

select
  *
from
  imap_mailbox;

select
  *
from
  imap_mailbox;

Get a specific mailbox

Explore the specific mailbox that has been marked as important or noteworthy in your email system. This is useful to quickly identify and access important communications without having to manually search through all your emails.

select
  *
from
  imap_mailbox
where
  name = '[Gmail]/Starred';

select
  *
from
  imap_mailbox
where
  name = '[Gmail]/Starred';

Mailboxes by message count

Explore which mailboxes contain the highest number of messages to better manage storage and prioritize clean-up efforts.

select
  name,
  messages
from
  imap_mailbox
order by
  messages desc;

select
  name,
  messages
from
  imap_mailbox
order by
  messages desc;

Mailboxes with unseen messages

Identify mailboxes that contain unread messages to prioritize checking and responding to these communications.

select
  name,
  unseen
from
  imap_mailbox
where
  unseen > 0
order by
  unseen desc;

select
  name,
  unseen
from
  imap_mailbox
where
  unseen > 0
order by
  unseen desc;

Get all mailboxes with the Important attribute

Explore which mailboxes have been marked as important. This is useful for prioritizing email management and focusing on high-priority communications.

select
  *
from
  imap_mailbox
where
  attributes ? '\Important'

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Schema for imap_mailbox

Name	Type	Operators	Description
_ctx	jsonb		Steampipe context in JSON form, e.g. connection_name.
attributes	jsonb		Attributes set on the mailbox.
delimiter	text		The server's path separator.
flags	jsonb		The mailbox flags.
messages	bigint		The number of messages in this mailbox.
name	text	=	Name of the mailbox, e.g. 'INBOX', '[Gmail]/Drafts'.
permanent_flags	jsonb		The mailbox permanent flags.
read_only	boolean		True if the mailbox is open in read-only mode.
recent	bigint		The number of messages not seen since the last time the mailbox was opened.
unseen	bigint		The number of unread messages.

Export

This table is available as a standalone Exporter CLI. Steampipe exporters are stand-alone binaries that allow you to extract data using Steampipe plugins without a database.

You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_export_installer.sh script:

/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/export.sh)" -- imap

You can pass the configuration to the command with the --config argument:

steampipe_export_imap --config '<your_config>' imap_mailbox