DOVEADM

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
COMMANDS
EXIT STATUS
ENVIRONMENT
FILES
REPORTING BUGS
SEE ALSO

NAME

doveadm − Dovecot's 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 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.
	−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 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 mount

doveadm−mount(1), Manage the list of mountpoints where mails are stored.

doveadm penalty

doveadm−penalty(1), Show current penalties.

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 altmove

doveadm−altmove(1), Move matching mails to the alternative storage.

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 Dovecot doesn't 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 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

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@dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is available at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html