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] -F file 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 to  fix  all  problems.
       For sdbox and mdbox mailboxes the storage files will be also checked.

OPTIONS

       Global doveadm(1) options:

       -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.

       -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
              The name of the mailbox to fix. With mdbox all of the mailboxes are fixed,  so  you  can  use  for
              example INBOX as the name.

EXAMPLE

       Fix bob's INBOX:

       doveadm force-resync -u bob INBOX

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)