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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.
pager prints each key: value pair on its own line and separates records with form
feed character (^L).
tab prints a table header followed by tab separated value lines.
table prints a table header followed by adjusted value lines.
-o setting=value
Overrides the configuration setting from /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and from the
userdb with the given value. In order to override multiple settings, the -o option
may be specified multiple times.
-v Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
Command specific options:
-A If the -A option is present, the command will be performed for all users. Using
this option in combination with system users from userdb { driver = passwd } is not
recommended, because it contains also users with a lower UID than the one
configured with the first_valid_uid setting.
When the SQL userdb module is used make sure that the iterate_query setting in
/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext matches your database layout. When using the
LDAP userdb module, make sure that the iterate_attrs and iterate_filter settings in
/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext match your LDAP schema. Otherwise doveadm(1)
will be unable to iterate over all users.
-F file
Execute the command for all the users in the file. This is similar to the -A
option, but instead of getting the list of users from the userdb, they are read
from the given file. The file contains one username per line.
-S socket_path
The option's argument is either an absolute path to a local UNIX domain socket, or
a hostname and port (hostname:port), in order to connect a remote host via a TCP
socket.
This allows an administrator to execute doveadm(1) mail commands through the given
socket.
-u user/mask
Run the command only for the given user. It's also possible to use '*' and '?'
wildcards (e.g. -u *@example.org).
When neither the -A option, nor the -F file option, nor the -u user was specified,
the command will be executed with the environment of the currently logged in user.
ARGUMENTS
mailbox
Is the name of a mailbox, as visible to IMAP clients, except in UTF-8 format. The
hierarchy separator between a parent and child mailbox is commonly '/' or '.', but
this depends on your selected mailbox storage format and namespace configuration.
The mailbox names may also require a namespace prefix.
COMMANDS
mailbox create
doveadm mailbox create [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path] [-g guid] [-s] mailbox ...
This command is used to create one or more mailboxes. The mailbox format of the created
mailboxes depends on the mail_location setting, or the user's mail field, returned by the
userdb.
-g guid
Create the mailbox with the specified GUID.
-s When this option was given, the created mailboxes will be also added to the user's
subscriptions.
mailbox cryptokey
mailbox cryptokey export|generate|list|password
This command is used to manage mail crypt plugin cryptographic keys. Please see doveadm-
mailbox-cryptokey(1) for more details.
mailbox delete
doveadm mailbox delete [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path] [-s] mailbox ...
This command deletes a mailbox and expunges all the messages it contains. If the mailbox
has any children, they won't be deleted.
When the -s option is present, the deleted mailboxes will be also unsubscribed.
mailbox list
doveadm mailbox list [-7|-8] [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path] [-s] [mailbox ...]
To get an overview of existing mailboxes use this command. It's also possible to use
wildcards in the mailbox name.
When the -s option is present, only subscribed mailboxes will be listed. Listed
subscriptions may also contain mailboxes that are already deleted.
-7 Lists the mailboxes with mUTF-7 encoding.
-8 Lists the mailboxes with UTF-8 encoding.
mailbox mutf7
doveadm mailbox mutf7 [-7|-8] name ...
The mailbox mutf7 command may be used to convert the international mailbox name into a
modified version of the UTF-7 encoding and vice versa. See RFC 3501, section 5.1.3
(Mailbox International Naming Convention).
-7 Indicates that the name's string representation is mUTF-7 encoded and it should be
converted to UTF-8.
-8 Indicates that the name's is UTF-8 encoded and should be converted to mUTF-7
(default).
name One or more mailbox names that should be converted.
mailbox rename
doveadm mailbox rename [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path] [-s] old_name new_name
The mailbox rename command is used to rename the mailbox old_name to new_name.
When the -s option is given, old_name will be unsubscribed and new_name will be
subscribed.
mailbox status
doveadm [-f formatter] mailbox status [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path] [-t] fields
mailbox ...
Show the status of one or more mailboxes. The mailbox name may also contain wildcards.
This command uses by default the output formatter flow.
-t Summarize the values of the status fields messages, recent, unseen and/or vsize of
multiple mailboxes to a sum (total).
fields Specify the status fields which should be shown. In order to specify multiple
status fields, enclosed them in quotes.
all This is a special status field name. It means show all of the following
fields. When the -t option is present, it means show only the messages,
recent, unseen and vsize fields.
guid The mailbox's globally unique identifier.
highestmodseq
The highest mod-sequence value of all messages in the mailbox.
messages
The number of messages in the mailbox.
recent The number of messages with the \Recent flag set.
uidnext
The next unique identifier value.
uidvalidity
The unique identifier validity value.
unseen The message sequence number of the first unseen message in the mailbox.
vsize The mailbox's virtual size, computed with CRLF line terminators.
firstsaved
Saved time of the first mail in the mailbox.
mailbox subscribe
doveadm mailbox subscribe [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path] mailbox ...
This command is used to subscribe one or more mailboxes.
mailbox unsubscribe
doveadm mailbox unsubscribe [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path] mailbox ...
This command is used to unsubscribe one or more mailboxes.
mailbox update
doveadm mailbox update [-A|-u user|-F] [-S socket_path] [--mailbox-guid guid] [--uid-
validity uid] [--min-next-uid uid] [--min-first-recent-uid uid] [--min-highest-modseq seq]
[--min-highest-pvt-modseq seq] mailbox ...
This command is used to set UID validity, next UID, first recent UID and modification
sequence values.
Usually this is only ever to be used during migration, or restoring mailbox after
disaster. Settings these values is highly discouraged, and is not supported for all mail
backends.
EXAMPLE
List subscribed mailboxes, beginning with 'dovecot', of user bob.
doveadm mailbox list -s -u bob dovecot*
dovecot
dovecot/pigeonhole
dovecot/pigeonhole/2.0
Now have a look at the status of user bob's dovecot mailboxes.
doveadm -f table mailbox status -u bob "messages vsize" dovecot*
mailbox messages vsize
dovecot 20501 93968492
dovecot/pigeonhole 0 0
dovecot/pigeonhole/2.0 47 323474
Converting an internationalized mailbox name from mUTF-7 to UTF-8 and vice versa.
doveadm mailbox mutf7 -7 "~peter/mail/&U,BTFw-/&ZeVnLIqe-"
~peter/mail/台北/日本語
doveadm mailbox mutf7 ~peter/mail/台北/日本語
~peter/mail/&U,BTFw-/&ZeVnLIqe-
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List
<dovecot@dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is available at:
http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
SEE ALSO
doveadm(1) doveadm-mailbox-cryptokey(1)