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DOVEADM(1)                          Dovecot                         DOVEADM(1)

NAME
       doveadm - Dovecot's administration utility
SYNOPSIS
       doveadm  [-Dv]  [-f formatter] command [command_options] [command_argu-
       ments]
DESCRIPTION
       doveadm is the Dovecot administration tool. It can be  used  to  manage
       various parts of Dovecot, as well as access users' mailboxes.
       Execute doveadm help, for a command usage listing.
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.
COMMANDS
       These commands work directly with Dovecot's master process.
   reload
       doveadm reload
       Force dovecot(1) to reload the configuration.
   stop
       doveadm stop
       Stop dovecot(1) and all its child processes.
   ADDITIONAL MASTER COMMANDS
       doveadm config
              doveadm-config(1), Dump Dovecot configuration.
       doveadm director
              doveadm-director(1),  Manage Dovecot directors (if used by proxy
              servers).
       doveadm exec
              doveadm-exec(1),  Easily   execute   commands   from   Dovecot's
              libexec_dir.
       doveadm instance
              doveadm-instance(1),   Manage   the   list  of  running  Dovecot
              instances.
       doveadm kick
              doveadm-kick(1),  Disconnect  users  by  user  name  and/or   IP
              address.
       doveadm log
              doveadm-log(1), Locate, test or reopen Dovecot's log files.
       doveadm penalty
              doveadm-penalty(1), Show current penalties.
       doveadm proxy
              doveadm-proxy(1), Handle Dovecot proxy connections.
       doveadm who
              doveadm-who(1); Show who is logged in to the Dovecot server.
   AUTHENTICATION COMMANDS
       doveadm auth
              doveadm-auth(1), Test authentication for a user.
       doveadm pw
              doveadm-pw(1), Dovecot's password hash generator.
       doveadm user
              doveadm-user(1), Perform a user lookup in Dovecot's userdbs
   MAILBOX COMMANDS
       doveadm acl
              doveadm-acl(1), Manage Access Control List (ACL).
       doveadm altmove
              doveadm-altmove(1), Move matching mails to the alternative stor-
              age.
       doveadm backup
              doveadm-backup(1),  Dovecot's  one-way  mailbox  synchronization
              utility.
       doveadm batch
              doveadm-batch(1), Execute multiple commands for multiple users.
       doveadm copy
              doveadm-copy(1),  Copy  messages matching the given search query
              into another mailbox.
       doveadm deduplicate
              doveadm-deduplicate(1), Expunge duplicate messages.
       doveadm dump
              doveadm-dump(1), Dump the content of  Dovecot's  binary  mailbox
              index/log.
       doveadm expunge
              doveadm-expunge(1),   Expunge  messages  matching  given  search
              query.
       doveadm fetch
              doveadm-fetch(1), Fetch messages matching given search query.
       doveadm flags
              doveadm-flags(1), Add, remove or replace messages' flags.
       doveadm force-resync
              doveadm-force-resync(1), Repair broken mailboxes, in case  Dove-
              cot doesn't automatically do that.
       doveadm fs
              doveadm-fs(1),  Interact with the abstract mail storage filesys-
              tem.
       doveadm fts
              doveadm-fts(1), Manipulate the Full Text Search (FTS) index.
       doveadm import
              doveadm-import(1), Import messages matching given search query.
       doveadm index
              doveadm-index(1), Index messages in a given mailbox.
       doveadm mailbox
              doveadm-mailbox(1), Various commands related to  handling  mail-
              boxes.
       doveadm mailbox cryptokey
              doveadm-mailbox-cryptokey(1), Mail crypt plugin management.
       doveadm move
              doveadm-move(1)  Move  messages  matching the given search query
              into another mailbox.
       doveadm purge
              doveadm-purge(1) Remove  messages  with  refcount=0  from  mdbox
              files.
       doveadm quota
              doveadm-quota(1),  Initialize/recalculate  or show current quota
              usage.
       doveadm rebuild
              doveadm-rebuild(1), Rebuild index metadata from message data.
       doveadm replicator
              doveadm-replicator(1), Manage users' mail replication.
       doveadm save
              doveadm-save(1), Save email to users' mailboxes.
       doveadm search
              doveadm-search(1), Show a list of mailbox GUIDs and message UIDs
              matching given search query.
       doveadm stats
              doveadm-stats(1), Inspect or reset stats.
       doveadm sync
              doveadm-sync(1), Dovecot's two-way mailbox synchronization util-
              ity.
EXIT STATUS
       doveadm will exit with one of the following values:
       0   Selected command was executed successful.
       >0  Command failed in some way.
ENVIRONMENT
       USER   This environment variable is used to determine  the  user  if  a
              command accepts a user but none was specified.
FILES
       /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
              Dovecot's main configuration file.
       /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf
              Mailbox locations and namespaces.
       /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-plugin.conf
              Plugin specific settings.
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-help(1), doveconf(1), dovecot(1), doveadm-search-query(7)

Dovecot v2.3                      2014-10-07                        DOVEADM(1)