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DOVEADM-IMPORT(1)		    Dovecot		     DOVEADM-IMPORT(1)

NAME
       doveadm-import - Import messages matching given search query

SYNOPSIS
       doveadm	[-Dv] import [-S socket_path] [-s] source_location dest_parent
       search_query
       doveadm [-Dv] import [-S socket_path] [-s] -A source_location dest_par‐
       ent search_query
       doveadm	[-Dv]  import  [-S  socket_path]  [-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 user's mailboxes. All the
       mailboxes are imported under the given dest_parent mailbox, or to  root
       level  if  dest_parent  is  empty (""). The search_query can be used to
       restrict which mailboxes or messages are imported.

       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 only for given user(s).

OPTIONS
       Global doveadm(1) options:

       -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.

       -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 iter‐
	      ate_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.  Oth‐
	      erwise doveadm(1) will be unable to iterate over all users.

       -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.

       -s     When the -s option is present, dest_parent and all new mailboxes
	      under it will be listed in the subscriptions file.

       -u user/mask
	      Run the command only for the given user.	It's also possible  to
	      use '*' and '?' wildcards (e.g. -u *@example.org).
	      When  neither  the -A option nor -u user was specified, the com‐
	      mand will be executed with  the  environment  of	the  currently
	      logged in user.

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 doesn't 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 \
       mdbox:/backup/20101026/jane.doe/mdbox backup-20101026 all

       Another example that imports only messages from foo@example.org in  the
       backup mdbox's INBOX to jane's INBOX:

       doveadm import -u jane.doe@example.org \
       mdbox:~/mdbox-backup "" 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)

Dovecot v2.2			  2013-11-24		     DOVEADM-IMPORT(1)
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