1DOVEADM(1)                          Dovecot                         DOVEADM(1)
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NAME

6       doveadm - Dovecot's administration utility
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SYNOPSIS

9       doveadm  [-Dv]  [-f formatter] command [command_options] [command_argu‐
10       ments]
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DESCRIPTION

13       doveadm is the Dovecot administration tool. It can be  used  to  manage
14       various parts of Dovecot, as well as access users' mailboxes.
15       Execute doveadm help, for a command usage listing.
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OPTIONS

18       Global doveadm(1) options:
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20       -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.
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22       -f formatter
23              Specifies  the  formatter  for formatting the output.  Supported
24              formatters are:
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26              flow   prints each line with key=value pairs.
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28              pager  prints each key: value pair on its own line and separates
29                     records with form feed character (^L).
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31              tab    prints  a  table  header  followed by tab separated value
32                     lines.
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34              table  prints a table header followed by adjusted value lines.
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36       -o setting=value
37              Overrides  the  configuration  setting  from  /etc/dovecot/dove‐
38              cot.conf  and from the userdb with the given value.  In order to
39              override multiple settings, the -o option may be specified  mul‐
40              tiple times.
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42       -v     Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
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COMMANDS

45       These commands work directly with Dovecot's master process.
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47   reload
48       doveadm reload
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50       Force dovecot(1) to reload the configuration.
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52   stop
53       doveadm stop
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55       Stop dovecot(1) and all its child processes.
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57   ADDITIONAL MASTER COMMANDS
58       doveadm director
59              doveadm-director(1),  Manage Dovecot directors (if used by proxy
60              servers).
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62       doveadm exec
63              doveadm-exec(1),  Easily   execute   commands   from   Dovecot's
64              libexec_dir.
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66       doveadm instance
67              doveadm-instance(1),   Manage   the   list  of  running  Dovecot
68              instances.
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70       doveadm kick
71              doveadm-kick(1),  Disconnect  users  by  user  name  and/or   IP
72              address.
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74       doveadm log
75              doveadm-log(1), Locate, test or reopen Dovecot's log files.
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77       doveadm mount
78              doveadm-mount(1), Manage the list of mountpoints where mails are
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81       doveadm penalty
82              doveadm-penalty(1), Show current penalties.
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84       doveadm proxy
85              doveadm-proxy(1), Handle Dovecot proxy connections.
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87       doveadm who
88              doveadm-who(1); Show who is logged in to the Dovecot server.
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90   AUTHENTICATION COMMANDS
91       doveadm auth
92              doveadm-auth(1), Test authentication for a user.
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94       doveadm pw
95              doveadm-pw(1), Dovecot's password hash generator.
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97       doveadm user
98              doveadm-user(1), Perform a user lookup in Dovecot's userdbs
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100   MAILBOX COMMANDS
101       doveadm acl
102              doveadm-acl(1), Manage Access Control List (ACL).
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104       doveadm altmove
105              doveadm-altmove(1), Move matching mails to the alternative stor‐
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108       doveadm backup
109              doveadm-backup(1),  Dovecot's  one-way  mailbox  synchronization
110              utility.
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112       doveadm batch
113              doveadm-batch(1), Execute multiple commands for multiple users.
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115       doveadm copy
116              doveadm-copy(1), Copy messages matching the given  search  query
117              into another mailbox.
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119       doveadm deduplicate
120              doveadm-deduplicate(1), Expunge duplicate messages.
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122       doveadm dump
123              doveadm-dump(1),  Dump  the  content of Dovecot's binary mailbox
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126       doveadm expunge
127              doveadm-expunge(1),  Expunge  messages  matching  given   search
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130       doveadm fetch
131              doveadm-fetch(1), Fetch messages matching given search query.
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133       doveadm flags
134              doveadm-flags(1), Add, remove or replace messages' flags.
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136       doveadm fts
137              doveadm-fts(1), Manipulate the Full Text Search (FTS) index.
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139       doveadm force-resync
140              doveadm-force-resync(1),  Repair broken mailboxes, in case Dove‐
141              cot doesn't automatically do that.
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143       doveadm import
144              doveadm-import(1), Import messages matching given search query.
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146       doveadm index
147              doveadm-index(1), Index messages in a given mailbox.
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149       doveadm mailbox
150              doveadm-mailbox(1), Various commands related to  handling  mail‐
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153       doveadm move
154              doveadm-move(1)  Move  messages  matching the given search query
155              into another mailbox.
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157       doveadm purge
158              doveadm-purge(1) Remove  messages  with  refcount=0  from  mdbox
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161       doveadm quota
162              doveadm-quota(1),  Initialize/recalculate  or show current quota
163              usage.
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165       doveadm replicator
166              doveadm-replicator(1), Manage users' mail replicaton.
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168       doveadm stats
169              doveadm-stats(1), Inspect or reset stats.
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171       doveadm sync
172              doveadm-sync(1), Dovecot's two-way mailbox synchronization util‐
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175       doveadm search
176              doveadm-search(1), Show a list of mailbox GUIDs and message UIDs
177              matching given search query.
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EXIT STATUS

180       doveadm will exit with one of the following values:
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182       0   Selected command was executed successful.
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184       >0  Command failed in some way.
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ENVIRONMENT

187       USER   This environment variable is used to determine  the  user  if  a
188              command accepts a user but none was specified.
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FILES

191       /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
192              Dovecot's main configuration file.
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194       /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf
195              Mailbox locations and namespaces.
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197       /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-plugin.conf
198              Plugin specific settings.
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REPORTING BUGS

201       Report  bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List
202       <dovecot@dovecot.org>.  Information about reporting bugs  is  available
203       at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
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SEE ALSO

206       doveadm-help(1), doveconf(1), dovecot(1), doveadm-search-query(7)
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210Dovecot v2.2                      2014-10-07                        DOVEADM(1)
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