DOVEADM\-IMPORT
Section: Dovecot (1)
Updated: 2015-08-09
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NAME
doveadm-import - Import messages matching given search query
SYNOPSIS
doveadm [
-Dv]
import [
-S
socket_path]
[
-U
source_user]
[
-s]
source_location dest_parent search_query
doveadm [
-Dv]
import [
-S
socket_path]
[
-U
source_user]
[
-s]
-A source_location dest_parent search_query
doveadm [
-Dv]
import [
-S
socket_path]
[
-s]
-F file source_location dest_parent search_query
doveadm [
-Dv]
import [
-S
socket_path]
[
-U
source_user]
[
-s]
-u user source_location dest_parent search_query
DESCRIPTION
This command can be used to import mails from another mail storage specified by
source_location
to one or more useraqs mailboxes. All the mailboxes are imported under the
given
dest_parent
mailbox, or to root level if
dest_parent
is empty (dqdq). The
search_query
can be used to restrict which mailboxes or messages are imported. By default
the import is done in destination user's context, you can use -U to change
this.
In the first form,
doveadm(1)
will executed the
import
action with the environment of the logged in system user.
In the second form, the mails will be imported for all users.
In the third form, the mails will be imported for all users listed in the
given
file.
In the fourth form, the mails will be imported only for given
user(s).
OPTIONS
Global
doveadm(1)
options:
- -D
-
Enables verbosity and debug messages.
- -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 optionaqs 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.
- -s
-
When the
-s
option is present,
dest_parent
and all new mailboxes under it will be subscribed to.
- -u user/mask
-
Run the
command
only for the given
user.
Itaqs also possible to use
aq*aq
and
aq?aq
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.
- -U username
-
When the
-U
option is present, the source box is opened with given username.
ARGUMENTS
- dest_parent
-
The name of the destination mailbox, under which the mails should be
imported.
doveadm(1)
will create the
dest_parent
mailbox if it doesnaqt exist.
- search_query
-
Copy messages matching this search query.
See
doveadm-search-query(7)
for details.
- source_location
-
This argument specifies the mailbox format and location of the source
location. The syntax is the same as for the
mail_location
setting.
For example:
maildir:/backup/20101126/jane.doe/Maildir
or
mdbox:/srv/mail/john.doe/mdbox:ALT=/nfsmount/john.doe/mdbox
EXAMPLE
This example imports all mails from a backup under a
backup-20101026
mailbox:
doveadm import -u jane.doe@example.org rs
mdbox:/backup/20101026/jane.doe/mdbox backup-20101026 all
Another example that imports only messages from foo@example.org in the
backup mdboxaqs INBOX to janeaqs INBOX:
doveadm import -u jane.doe@example.org rs
mdbox:~/mdbox-backup dqdq mailbox INBOX from foo@example.org
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
SEE ALSO
doveadm(1),
doveadm-fetch(1),
doveadm-search(1),
doveadm-search-query(7)
Index
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- ARGUMENTS
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- EXAMPLE
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- SEE ALSO
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