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

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Provided by: dovecot-core_2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14_amd64

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 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.

   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.

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