Ubuntu Manpage: doveadm-mailbox - Commands related to handling mailboxes

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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.

-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.

-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 -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] [-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 delete
       doveadm mailbox delete [-A|-u user] [-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] [-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] [-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]  [-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.

   mailbox subscribe
       doveadm mailbox subscribe [-A|-u user] [-S socket_path] mailbox ...

       This command is used to subscribe one or more mailboxes.

   mailbox unsubscribe
       doveadm mailbox unsubscribe [-A|-u user] [-S socket_path] mailbox ...

       This command is used to unsubscribe one or more mailboxes.

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

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