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NAME doveadm-user – Perform a user lookup in Dovecot’s userdbs SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] user [-a userdb_socket_path] [-f field] [-u] [-x auth_info] user … DESCRIPTION The user command is used to perform a user lookup – to show what information Dovecot sees about the user(s), or if it exists at all in the configured userdb(s). The auth_info…
NAME doveadm – Dovecot’s administration utility SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] command [command_options] [command_arguments] DESCRIPTION doveadm is the Dovecot administration tool. It can be used to manage various parts of Dovecot, as well as access users’ mailboxes. Execute doveadm help, for a command usage listing. OPTIONS Global doveadm(1) options: -D Enables verbosity and debug messages….
NAME doveadm-search – Show a list of mailbox GUIDs and message UIDs matching given search query. SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] search [-S socket_path] search_query doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] search [-S socket_path] -A search_query doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] search [-S socket_path] -u user search_query DESCRIPTION The search command is used to find matching messages. doveadm(1) will…
NAME doveadm – Dovecot’s administration utility SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] command [command_options] [command_arguments] DESCRIPTION doveadm is the Dovecot administration tool. It can be used to manage various parts of Dovecot, as well as access users’ mailboxes. Execute doveadm help, for a command usage listing. OPTIONS Global doveadm(1) options: -D Enables verbosity and debug messages….
NAME doveadm-quota – Initialize/recalculate or show current quota usage SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] quota [-S socket_path] command doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] quota [-S socket_path] command -A doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] quota [-S socket_path] command -u user DESCRIPTION In the first form, doveadm(1) will execute the command for the currently logged in user. In the second form, the…
NAME doveadm-pw – Dovecot’s password hash generator SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] pw -l doveadm [-Dv] pw [-p password] [-r rounds] [-s scheme] [-u user] [-V] doveadm [-Dv] pw -t hash [-p password] [-u user] DESCRIPTION doveadm pw is used to generate password hashes for different password schemes and optionally verify the generated hash. All generated password…
NAME doveadm-purge – Remove messages with refcount=0 from mdbox files SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] purge [-S socket_path] doveadm [-Dv] purge [-S socket_path] -A doveadm [-Dv] purge [-S socket_path] -u user DESCRIPTION The 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…
NAME doveadm-penalty – Show current penalties SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] penalty [-a anvil_socket_path] [ip[/mask]] DESCRIPTION The doveadm penalty command can be used to see the current penalties. (Extend me!/explain it) OPTIONS Global 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…
NAME doveadm-move – Move messages matching the given search query into another mailbox doveadm-copy – Copy messages matching the given search query into another mailbox SYNOPSIS doveadm [-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]…
NAME doveadm-mount – Manage the list of mountpoints where mails are stored SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] mount command [arguments] DESCRIPTION The 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: *…
NAME doveadm-mailbox – Commands related to handling mailboxes SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] mailbox_cmd [options] [arguments] DESCRIPTION doveadm mailbox can be used to query and modify mailboxes. OPTIONS Global 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….
NAME doveadm-log – Locate, test or reopen Dovecot’s log files SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] log errors [-s min_timestamp] doveadm [-Dv] log find [directory] doveadm [-Dv] log reopen doveadm [-Dv] log test DESCRIPTION The 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…
NAME doveadm-kick – Disconnect users by user name and/or IP address SYNOPSIS doveadm [-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] DESCRIPTION doveadm‘s kick command is used to disconnect users by user name and/or the ip address, from which they…
NAME doveadm-instance – Manage the list of running Dovecot instances SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] instance list doveadm [-Dv] instance remove name | base_dir DESCRIPTION The 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…
NAME doveadm-index – Index mailboxes SYNOPSIS doveadm [-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 DESCRIPTION Add unindexed messages in a mailbox into index/cache file. If full text search is enabled, also add unindexed messages…
NAME doveadm-import – Import messages matching given search query SYNOPSIS doveadm [-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 DESCRIPTION This command can be used to import mails from another mail storage specified by…
NAME doveadm-help – Show information about doveadm commands SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] help [command] DESCRIPTION With 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…
NAME doveadm-force-resync – Repair broken mailboxes SYNOPSIS doveadm [-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 DESCRIPTION Under 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…
NAME doveadm-flags – add, remove or replace messages’ flags SYNOPSIS doveadm [-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 DESCRIPTION This command is used to manipulate flags of messages. OPTIONS Global doveadm(1) options: -D Enables verbosity and…
NAME doveadm-fetch – Fetch partial/full messages or message information SYNOPSIS doveadm [-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 DESCRIPTION doveadm fetch can be used to fetch messages’ contents and metadata. This can be…