---
name: "Apply repeatable IMAP rules to triage and clean inboxes with imapfilter"
slug: "apply-repeatable-imap-rules-to-triage-and-clean-inboxes-with-imapfilter"
description: "Route, label, and clean routine email traffic with scripted IMAP rules instead of doing the same inbox chores by hand."
github_stars: 917
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter"
author: "lefcha"
publisher_type: "individual"
category: "Calendar, Email & Productivity"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "lefcha/imapfilter"
  github_stars: 917
---

# Apply repeatable IMAP rules to triage and clean inboxes with imapfilter

Route, label, and clean routine email traffic with scripted IMAP rules instead of doing the same inbox chores by hand.

## Prerequisites

IMAP account credentials, imapfilter installation, Lua rule configuration, network access to mail servers

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- make -j all
- make install

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Compile time requirements are:
- Lua, version 5.5 or 5.4 or 5.3 or 5.2 or 5.1, https://www.lua.org
- PCRE2, version 10.00 and later, https://www.pcre.org

- Source: https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lefcha/imapfilter/HEAD/README

## Documentation

- https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/apply-repeatable-imap-rules-to-triage-and-clean-inboxes-with-imapfilter/)