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DOVEADM

Section: Dovecot (1)
Updated: 2014-10-07
Index Return to Main Contents
 

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 keyvalue 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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