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move_email

Email · macOS

Effect: write (strongest supported action). Status: gated.

Gated means the tool requires an installed app, a connected account, permission, or runtime availability. Check those requirements on the listed platform before using it.

macOS

Purpose

Moves an email to another mailbox (nested target folders are found by name). Pass account= (returned by list_emails/search_emails) so the message lookup targets one account instead of scanning all of them — without it, multi-account Macs are slow and can time out on bulk moves. If you know the folder the message is in, also pass mailbox= (the `mailbox` field from the listing) so the lookup searches it first.

Required inputs

Permissions and confirmation

Explicit confirmation parameter: inspect the schema and tool description before any real call. The documentation example keeps confirm false. Obtain user authorization before performing the action.

Full input schema — macOS
{
  "properties": {
    "account": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "confirm": {
      "default": "false",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "mailbox": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "message_id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "target_mailbox": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "message_id",
    "target_mailbox"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Documentation example

Do not execute this example. These concrete inputs refer to a fictional demonstration dataset. Resolve real handles and obtain user authorization before any real call.

{
  "confirm": false,
  "message_id": "demo-message-001",
  "target_mailbox": "Archive"
}