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] search_query

       doveadm [-Dv] copy [-S socket_path] destination [user source_user] search_query
       doveadm [-Dv] copy [-S socket_path] -A destination [user source_user] search_query
       doveadm [-Dv] copy [-S socket_path] -u user destination [user source_user] search_query

DESCRIPTION

       doveadm  move  can be used for moving mails between mailboxes for one or more users.  The search_query is
       used to restrict which messages are moved into the destination mailbox.
       doveadm copy behaves the same as doveadm move, except that copied messages will  not  be  expunged  after
       copying.

       In  the  first  form,  doveadm(1) will execute the move/copy action with the environment of the logged in
       system user.

       In the second form, doveadm(1) will iterate over all users, found in the configured user_db(s), and  move
       or copy each user's messages, matching the given search_query, into the user's destination mailbox.

       In the third form, matching mails will be moved or copied only for given user(s).

OPTIONS

       Global doveadm(1) options:

       -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.

       -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

       destination
              The name of the destination mailbox, into  which  the  mails  should  be  moved  or  copied.   The
              destination mailbox must exist, otherwise this command will fail.

       search_query
              Move/copy messages matching the given search query.  See doveadm-search-query(7) for details.

       user source_user
              The  keyword  user  followed by a valid user name.  When this argument is present, doveadm(1) will
              apply the search_query to the source_user's mail_location.
              Limitation: Currently the users, specified by -u user and user source_user, must  share  the  same
              UID and GID.

EXAMPLE

       Move jane's messages - received in September 2011 - from her INBOX into her archive.

       doveadm move -u jane Archive/2011/09 mailbox INBOX BEFORE \
       2011-10-01 SINCE 01-Sep-2011

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-search-query(7)