doveadm-kick – Disconnect users by user name and/or IP address Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] kick [ -a anvil_socket_path] [-f] user doveadm [-Dv] kick [ -a anvil_socket_path] [-f] ip[/mask] doveadm [-Dv] kick [ -a anvil_socket_path] [-f] user ip[/mask] Descriptiondoveadm‘s kick command is used to disconnect users by user name and/or the ip address, from which they are connected. In…
doveadm-instance – Manage the list of running Dovecot instances Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] instance list doveadm [-Dv] instance remove name | base_dir DescriptionThe doveadm instance commands are used to manage the list of Dovecot instances running on the server. In most installations there is only one Dovecot instance, but in some cases is may be…
doveadm-index – Index mailboxes Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] index [-S socket_path] [-q] [-n max_recent] mailbox doveadm [-Dv] index [-S socket_path] -A [-q] [-n max_recent] mailbox doveadm [-Dv] index [-S socket_path] -u user [-q] [-n max_recent] mailbox DescriptionAdd unindexed messages in a mailbox into index/cache file. If full text search is enabled, also add unindexed messages to the fts…
doveadm-import – Import messages matching given search query Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] import [-S socket_path] [-s] source_location dest_parent search_query doveadm [-Dv] import [-S socket_path] [-s] -A source_location dest_parent search_query doveadm [-Dv] import [-S socket_path] [-s] -u user source_location dest_parent search_query DescriptionThis command can be used to import mails from another mail storage specified by source_location to one…
doveadm-help – Show information about doveadm commands Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] help [command] DescriptionWith no command argument given, doveadm help will print: * the synopsis for the most of the doveadm(1) commands. * groups of commands, e.g. log or mailbox. When the name of a command (or a group) was given, it will show the man page…
doveadm-force-resync – Repair broken mailboxes Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] force-resync [-S socket_path] mailbox doveadm [-Dv] force-resync [-S socket_path] -A mailbox doveadm [-Dv] force-resync [-S socket_path] -u user mailbox DescriptionUnder certain circumstances it may happen, that dovecot(1) is unable to automatically solve problems with mailboxes. In such situations the force-resync command may be helpful. It tries to fix all…
doveadm-flags – add, remove or replace messages’ flags Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_query doveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_query -A doveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_query -u user DescriptionThis command is used to manipulate flags of messages. OptionsGlobal doveadm(1) options: -D Enables verbosity and debug messages. -v Enables…
doveadm-fetch – Fetch partial/full messages or message information Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] fetch [-S socket_path] fields search_query doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] fetch [-S socket_path] -A fields search_query doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] fetch [-S socket_path] -u user fields search_query Descriptiondoveadm fetch can be used to fetch messages’ contents and metadata. This can be useful for scripts…
doveadm-expunge – Expunge messages matching given search query Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] expunge [-S socket_path] [-d] search_query doveadm [-Dv] expunge [-S socket_path] [-d] -A search_query doveadm [-Dv] expunge [-S socket_path] [-d] -u user search_query DescriptionThis command can be used to expunge mails matching the given search query. It is typically used to expunge old mails from users’…
doveadm-exec – easily execute commands from Dovecot’s libexec_dir Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] exec binary [binary arguments] DescriptionThis command allows administrators and local users to simply execute commands from within libexec_dir. So for example a logged in system user could start a pre-authenticated imap session, using the command: doveadm exec imap. An administrator would use the command: doveadm…
doveadm-dump – Dump the content of Dovecot’s binary mailbox index/log Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] dump [-t type] path DescriptionDovecot uses several binary index and log files in order to improve performance for accessing mails. For some mailbox formats, such as sdbox and mdbox, the index files are part of the format itself. For details about index files,…
doveadm-director – Manage Dovecot directors Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] director add [-a director_socket_path] host [vhost_count] doveadm [-Dv] director flush [-a director_socket_path] host|all doveadm [-Dv] director map [-a director_socket_path] [-f users_file] [host] doveadm [-Dv] director remove [-a director_socket_path] host doveadm [-Dv] director dump [-a director_socket_path] doveadm [-Dv] director status [-a director_socket_path] [user] Descriptiondoveadm director can be used to…
doveadm-deduplicate – expunge duplicate messages Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] deduplicate [-u user|-A] [-S socket_path] [-m] search_query DescriptionThis command is used to expunge duplicated messages in mailboxes. doveadm deduplicate is mainly useful to revert some (more or less) accidental duplication of messages, e.g. after doveadm copy or doveadm import. doveadm(1) will delete the newest duplicated messages from the…
doveadm-move – Move messages matching the given search query into another mailbox doveadm-copy – Copy messages matching the given search query into another mailbox Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] move [-S socket_path] destination [user source_user] search_query doveadm [-Dv] move [-S socket_path] -A destination [user source_user] search_query doveadm [-Dv] move [-S socket_path] -u user destination [user source_user] search_query doveadm…
doveconf – Dovecot’s configuration dumping utility Synopsisdoveconf [-adnNSx] [-c config-file] [-f filter] [-m module] doveconf [-n] [-c config-file] section_name … doveconf [-h] [-c config-file] [-f filter] setting_name … Descriptiondoveconf reads and parses Dovecot’s configuration files and converts them into a simpler format used by the rest of Dovecot. All standalone programs, such as dovecot(1) and dovecot-lda(1), will…
doveadm-batch – Execute multiple commands for multiple users Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] batch [-S socket_path] -A sep command sep command […] doveadm [-Dv] batch [-S socket_path] -u usermask sep command sep command […] DescriptionThe command doveadm batch is used to execute multiple doveadm(1) commands sequentially for multiple users. This is primarily an optimization where Dovecot can do…
doveadm-auth – Test authentication for a user Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] auth [-a auth_socket_path] [-x auth_info] user [password] DescriptionThe auth command can be used to test the authentication for the given user. OptionsGlobal doveadm(1) options: -D Enables verbosity and debug messages. -v Enables verbosity, including progress counter. Command specific options: -a auth_socket_path This option is used to specify…
doveadm-altmove – Move matching mails to the alternative storage (dbox-only) Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] altmove [-r] [-S socket_path] search_query doveadm [-Dv] altmove [-r] [-S socket_path] -A search_query doveadm [-Dv] altmove [-r] [-S socket_path] -u user search_query DescriptionThis command can be used with sdbox or mdbox storage to move mails to alternative storage path when :ALT=<path> is specified…
dotty – A Customizable Graph Editor Synopsisdotty [ -V ] [ -lmmode ] [ -ellev ] [ file ] Descriptiondotty is a graph editor for the X Window System. It may be run as a standalone editor, or as a front end for applications that use graphs. It can control multiple windows viewing different graphs….
dotlockfile – Utility to manage lockfiles Synopsis/usr/bin/dotlockfile [-p] [-c] [-m] [-l|-u|-t] [-r retries] [lockfile] DescriptionDotlockfile is a command line utility to safely create, test and remove lockfiles. Lockfiles are created in an NFS-safe way. Dotlockfile can can also be used to lock and unlock mailboxes even if the mailspool directory is only writable by group…