The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
doveadm-pw – Dovecot’s password hash generator Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] pw -l doveadm [-Dv] pw [-p password] [-r rounds] [-s scheme] [-u user] [-V] doveadm [-Dv] pw -t hash [-p password] [-u user] Descriptiondoveadm pw is used to generate password hashes for different password schemes and optionally verify the generated hash. All generated password hashes have a…
doveadm-purge – Remove messages with refcount=0 from mdbox files Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] purge [-S socket_path] doveadm [-Dv] purge [-S socket_path] -A doveadm [-Dv] purge [-S socket_path] -u user DescriptionThe doveadm purge command is used to remove all messages with refcount=0 from a user’s mail storage. The refcount of a message is decreased to 0 when the user…
doveadm-penalty – Show current penalties Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] penalty [-a anvil_socket_path] [ip[/mask]] DescriptionThe doveadm penalty command can be used to see the current penalties. (Extend me!/explain it) OptionsGlobal doveadm(1) options: -D Enables verbosity and debug messages. -v Enables verbosity, including progress counter. Command specific options: -a anvil_socket_path This option is used to specify an alternative socket. 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…
doveadm-mount – Manage the list of mountpoints where mails are stored Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] mount command [arguments] DescriptionThe doveadm mount commands can be used to manage the list of mountpoints where mails are stored. This is used mainly for better error handling when a mountpoint isn’t mounted for some reason: * If a mail…
doveadm-mailbox – Commands related to handling mailboxes Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] mailbox_cmd [options] [arguments] Descriptiondoveadm mailbox can be used to query and modify mailboxes. OptionsGlobal doveadm(1) options: -D Enables verbosity and debug messages. -f formatter Specifies the formatter for formatting the output. Supported formatters are: flow prints each line with key=value pairs. pager prints each key: value…
doveadm-log – Locate, test or reopen Dovecot’s log files Synopsisdoveadm [-Dv] log errors [-s min_timestamp] doveadm [-Dv] log find [directory] doveadm [-Dv] log reopen doveadm [-Dv] log test DescriptionThe doveadm log commands are used to locate and reopen the log files of dovecot(1). It’s also possible to test the configured targets of the *log_path settings….
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…