Man page - doveadm-move(1)

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Manual

DOVEADM-MOVE

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
GLOBAL OPTIONS
OPTIONS
ARGUMENTS
EXAMPLE
REPORTING BUGS
SEE ALSO

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NAME

doveadm-move - Move messages matching the given search query into another mailbox

SYNOPSIS

doveadm [ GLOBAL OPTIONS ] move [ -S socket_path ] -A destination [ user source_user ] search_query

doveadm [ GLOBAL OPTIONS ] move [ -S socket_path ] -F file destination [ user source_user ] search_query

doveadm [ GLOBAL OPTIONS ] move [ -S socket_path ] --no-userdb-lookup destination [ user source_user ] search_query

doveadm [ GLOBAL OPTIONS ] move [ -S socket_path ] -u user destination [ user source_user ] search_query

doveadm [ GLOBAL OPTIONS ] copy [ -S socket_path ] -A destination [ user source_user ] search_query

doveadm [ GLOBAL OPTIONS ] copy [ -S socket_path ] -F file destination [ user source_user ] search_query

doveadm [ GLOBAL OPTIONS ] copy [ -S socket_path ] --no-userdb-lookup destination [ user source_user ] search_query

doveadm [ GLOBAL OPTIONS ] copy [ -S socket_path ] -u user destination [ user source_user ] search_query

DESCRIPTION

doveadm move can be used for moving mails between mailboxes for one or more users. The search_query is used to restrict which messages are moved into the destination mailbox.

doveadm copy behaves the same as doveadm move , except that copied messages will not be expunged after copying.

In the first form, doveadm(1) will iterate over all users, found in the configured user_db (s), and move or copy each user’s messages, matching the given search_query , into the user’s destination mailbox.

In the second form, doveadm(1) will iterate over all users, found in the given file , and move or copy each user’s messages, matching the given search_query , into the user’s destination mailbox.

In the third form, matching mails will be moved or copied only for given user (s).

GLOBAL OPTIONS

Global doveadm(1) options :

-D

Enables verbosity and debug messages.

-O

Do not read any config file, just use defaults. The dovecot_storage_version setting defaults to the latest version, but can be overridden with -o .

-k

Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just import_environment setting.

-v

Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

-i instance-name

If using multiple Dovecot instances, choose the config file based on this instance name.

See instance_name setting for more information.

-c config-file

Read configuration from the given config-file . By default it first reads config socket, and then falls back to /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf . You can also point this to config socket of some instance running compatible version.

-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.

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 userdb_sql_iterate_query setting setting matches your database layout.

When using the LDAP userdb module, make sure that the userdb_fields setting and userdb_ldap_iterate_fields setting settings 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.

--no-userdb-lookup

Do not perform userdb lookup. Use the USER environment variable to specify the username.

-S socket_path

The option’s 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.

-u user/mask

Run the command only for the given user . It’s also possible to use ’ * ’ and ’ ? ’ wildcards (e.g. -u *@example.org).

ARGUMENTS

destination

The name of the destination mailbox, into which the mails should be moved or copied. The destination mailbox must exist, otherwise this command will fail.

search_query

Move/copy messages matching the given search query. See doveadm-search-query(7) for details.

user source_user

The keyword user followed by a valid user name. When this argument is present, doveadm(1) will apply the search_query to the source_user ’s mail location.

Limitation: Currently the users, specified by -u user and user source_user , must share the same system UID and GID.

EXAMPLE

Move jane’s messages - received in September 2011 - from her INBOX into her archive:

doveadm move -u jane Archive/2011/09 mailbox INBOX BEFORE \
2011-10-01 SINCE 01-Sep-2011

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List ⟨ dovecot@dovecot.org⟩ . Information about reporting bugs is available at: https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

SEE ALSO

doveadm(1)

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