1MBEXAMINE(8)                      Cyrus IMAP                      MBEXAMINE(8)
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NAME

6       mbexamine - Cyrus IMAP documentation
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8       Examine a cyrus-format mailbox
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SYNOPSIS

11          mbexamine [ -C config-file ] [ -u uid ] mailbox...
12          mbexamine [ -C config-file ] [ -s seqnum] mailbox...
13          mbexamine [ -C config-file ] -q mailbox...
14          mbexamine [ -C config-file ] -c mailbox...
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DESCRIPTION

17       mbexamine  will  examine  the header, index, and cache files of a cyrus
18       format mailbox and dump the information contained therein.  It can also
19       limit  its  output to a specific uid or sequence number, through use of
20       the -s and -u switches.
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22       mbexamine reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file
23       unless  specified  otherwise  by  -C.  It  uses <configdirectory>/mail‐
24       boxes.db to locate the mailbox on disk.
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OPTIONS

27       -C config-file
28              Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the
29              default imapd.conf(5).
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31       -u uid, --uid=uid
32              Dump information for the given uid only.
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37       -q, --check-quota
38              Compare  the  quota  usage  in cyrus.index to the actual message
39              file sizes and report any differences.   If  there  are  differ‐
40              ences, the mailbox SHOULD be reconstructed.
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42       -c, --check-message-files
43              Compare  the  records in cyrus.index to the actual message files
44              report any differences.  This can help detect issues if messages
45              files were manipulated manually and/or restored incorrectly.
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EXAMPLES

48          mbexamine user.jsmith
49          Examine the mailbox hierarchy rooted at user.jsmith.
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51          mbexamine -u 00000004 user.jsmith
52          Examine the mailbox hierarchy rooted at user.jsmith looking for mes‐
53          sages with UID = 00000004.
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55          mbexamine -q user.jsmith
56          Examine the mailbox hierarchy rooted at user.jsmith checking quotas.
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58          mbexamine -c user.jsmith
59          Examine the mailbox hierarchy rooted at user.jsmith comparing  index
60          records to the actual message files in the mailbox directory.
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FILES

63       /etc/imapd.conf, <configdirectory>/mailboxes.db
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SEE ALSO

66       imapd.conf(5)
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AUTHOR

69       The Cyrus Team, Nic Bernstein (Onlight)
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72       1993–2023, The Cyrus Team
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