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DOVEADM
Section: Dovecot (1) Updated: 2014-10-07 Index
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NAME
doveadm - Dovecotaqs administration utility
SYNOPSIS
doveadm [ -Dv] [ -f
formatter]
command [ command_options] [ command_arguments]
DESCRIPTION
doveadm
is the Dovecot administration tool. It can be used to manage various parts
of Dovecot, as well as access usersaq 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/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.
COMMANDS
These commands work directly with Dovecotaqs 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 director
-
doveadm-director(1),
Manage Dovecot directors (if used by proxy servers).
- doveadm exec
-
doveadm-exec(1),
Easily execute commands from Dovecotaqs 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 Dovecotaqs log files.
- doveadm mount
-
doveadm-mount(1),
Manage the list of mountpoints where mails are stored.
- 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),
Dovecotaqs password hash generator.
- doveadm user
-
doveadm-user(1),
Perform a user lookup in Dovecotaqs userdbs
MAILBOX COMMANDS
- doveadm acl
-
doveadm-acl(1),
Manage Access Control List (ACL).
- doveadm altmove
-
doveadm-altmove(1),
Move matching mails to the alternative storage.
- doveadm backup
-
doveadm-backup(1),
Dovecotaqs 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 Dovecotaqs 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 messagesaq flags.
- doveadm fts
-
doveadm-fts(1),
Manipulate the Full Text Search (FTS) index.
- doveadm force-resync
-
doveadm-force-resync(1),
Repair broken mailboxes, in case Dovecot doesnaqt automatically do that.
- 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 mailboxes.
- 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 replicator
-
doveadm-replicator(1),
Manage usersaq mail replicaton.
- doveadm stats
-
doveadm-stats(1),
Inspect or reset stats.
- doveadm sync
-
doveadm-sync(1),
Dovecotaqs two-way mailbox synchronization utility.
- doveadm search
-
doveadm-search(1),
Show a list of mailbox GUIDs and message UIDs matching given search query.
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
-
Dovecotaqs 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@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
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- OPTIONS
-
- COMMANDS
-
- reload
-
- stop
-
- ADDITIONAL MASTER COMMANDS
-
- AUTHENTICATION COMMANDS
-
- MAILBOX COMMANDS
-
- EXIT STATUS
-
- ENVIRONMENT
-
- FILES
-
- REPORTING BUGS
-
- SEE ALSO
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