NAME

       doveadm-import - Import messages matching given search query

SYNOPSIS

       doveadm  [-Dv]  import  [-S socket_path] [-U source_user] [-s] source_location dest_parent
       search_query
       doveadm [-Dv] import [-S socket_path] [-U source_user] [-s] -A source_location dest_parent
       search_query
       doveadm   [-Dv]   import   [-S  socket_path]  [-s]  -F  file  source_location  dest_parent
       search_query
       doveadm [-Dv] import [-S  socket_path]  [-U  source_user]  [-s]  -u  user  source_location
       dest_parent search_query

DESCRIPTION

       This  command  can  be  used  to  import  mails  from  another  mail  storage specified by
       source_location to one or more user's mailboxes. All the mailboxes are imported under  the
       given dest_parent mailbox, or to root level if dest_parent is empty (""). The search_query
       can be used to restrict which mailboxes or messages are imported. By default the import is
       done in destination user's context, you can use -U to change this.

       In  the first form, doveadm(1) will executed the import action with the environment of the
       logged in system user.

       In the second form, the mails will be imported for all users.

       In the third form, the mails will be imported for all users listed in the given file.

       In the fourth form, the mails will be imported only for given user(s).

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.

       -s     When the -s option is present, dest_parent and all new mailboxes under it  will  be
              subscribed to.

       -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.

       -U username
              When the -U option is present, the source box is opened with given username.

ARGUMENTS

       dest_parent
              The  name  of  the  destination  mailbox, under which the mails should be imported.
              doveadm(1) will create the dest_parent mailbox if it doesn't exist.

       search_query
              Copy messages matching this search query.  See doveadm-search-query(7) for details.

       source_location
              This argument specifies the mailbox format and location of the source location. The
              syntax   is   the   same   as   for   the   mail_location  setting.   For  example:
              maildir:/backup/20101126/jane.doe/Maildir                                        or
              mdbox:/srv/mail/john.doe/mdbox:ALT=/nfsmount/john.doe/mdbox

EXAMPLE

       This example imports all mails from a backup under a backup-20101026 mailbox:

       doveadm import -u jane.doe@example.org \
       mdbox:/backup/20101026/jane.doe/mdbox backup-20101026 all

       Another  example  that  imports  only  messages from foo@example.org in the backup mdbox's
       INBOX to jane's INBOX:

       doveadm import -u jane.doe@example.org \
       mdbox:~/mdbox-backup "" mailbox INBOX from foo@example.org

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-fetch(1), doveadm-search(1), doveadm-search-query(7)