DOVEADM-MAILBOX(1) Dovecot DOVEADM-MAILBOX(1)
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/dove-
cot.conf and from the userdb with the given value. In order to
override multiple settings, the -o option may be specified mul-
tiple 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 iter-
ate_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. Oth-
erwise doveadm(1) will be unable to iterate over all users.
-F file
Execute the command for all the users in the file. This is sim-
ilar 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 for-
mat 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 cryptokey
mailbox cryptokey export|generate|list|password
This command is used to manage mail crypt plugin cryptographic keys.
Please see doveadm-mailbox-cryptokey(1) for more details.
mailbox delete
doveadm mailbox delete [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path] [-s] [-r]
[-e] [-Z] mailbox ...
This command deletes a mailbox and expunges all the messages it con-
tains. If the mailbox has any children, they won't be deleted, unless
-r is given.
-r Delete mailboxes recursively
-s Unsubscribe deleted mailboxes.
-e Require mailboxes to be empty before deleting.
-Z Delete the mailbox as efficiently as possible, but the user may
not be in fully consistent state afterwards. For example quota
may be wrong. This option is mainly useful when deleting the
entire user.
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 Con-
vention).
-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 con-
verted 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 ter-
minators.
firstsaved
Saved time of the first mail in the mailbox.
mailbox subscribe
doveadm mailbox subscribe [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path] mail-
box ...
This command is used to subscribe one or more mailboxes.
mailbox unsubscribe
doveadm mailbox unsubscribe [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path] mail-
box ...
This command is used to unsubscribe one or more mailboxes.
mailbox update
doveadm mailbox update [-A|-u user|-F] [-S socket_path] [--mailbox-guid
guid] [--uid-validity uid] [--min-next-uid uid] [--min-first-recent-uid
uid] [--min-highest-modseq seq] [--min-highest-pvt-modseq seq] mail-
box ...
This command is used to set UID validity, next UID, first recent UID
and modification sequence values.
Usually this is only ever to be used during migration, or restoring
mailbox after disaster. Settings these values is highly discouraged,
and is not supported for all mail backends.
mailbox cache purge
doveadm mailbox cache purge [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path] mail-
box ...
Purge the dovecot.index.cache file. Most importantly this frees up disk
space from mails that were already deleted. Normally there i no need to
run this command manually, because the compression is also run automat-
ically.
mailbox cache decision
doveadm mailbox cache decision [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path]
[--all] [--fields list of fields] [--last-used unix timestamp] [--deci-
sion no|temp|yes] mailbox ...
This command is used to list or change caching decisions for field(s)
in mailbox(es). You can list decisions by leaving out decision and
last-used parameters.
--all List or change all fields.
--fields
List or change these comma/space separated fields.
--decision
Set field caching decision. Yes means it's always cached. Temp
means it's provisionally cached. No means the field is not
cached.
--last-used
Set field's last used timestamp.
NOTE. This command cannot be used to add new fields to cache! You need
to first add them to configuration. Setting caching to no will not
immediately drop field from cache, it will stop adding the field to
cache.
mailbox cache remove
doveadm mailbox cache remove [-A|-u user|-F file] [-S socket_path]
searchquery
Remove any matching mail(s) from cache.
WARNING! This command can erase ALL cached data, causing system slow-
ness.
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//
doveadm mailbox mutf7 ~peter/mail//
~peter/mail/&U,BTFw-/&ZeVnLIqe-
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List
<dovecot AT dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is available
at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
SEE ALSO
doveadm(1) doveadm-search-query(7) doveadm-mailbox-cryptokey(1)
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