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DOVEADM-MAILBOX(1)		    Dovecot		    DOVEADM-MAILBOX(1)

NAME
       doveadm-mailbox - Commands related to handling mailboxes

SYNOPSIS
       doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] mailbox_cmd [options] [arguments]

DESCRIPTION
       doveadm mailbox can be used to query and modify mailboxes.

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.

       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.

       -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
       mailbox
	      Is  the name of a mailbox, as visible to IMAP clients, except in
	      UTF-8 format. The hierarchy separator between a parent and child
	      mailbox  is  commonly  '/'  or  '.',  but	 this  depends on your
	      selected mailbox storage format and namespace configuration. The
	      mailbox names may also require a namespace prefix.

COMMANDS
   mailbox create
       doveadm mailbox create [-A|-u user] [-S socket_path] [-s] mailbox ...

       This command is used to create one or more mailboxes.  The mailbox for‐
       mat of the created mailboxes depends on the mail_location  setting,  or
       the user's mail field, returned by the userdb.

       When  the -s option was given, the created mailboxes will be also added
       to the user's subscriptions.

   mailbox delete
       doveadm mailbox delete [-A|-u user] [-S socket_path] [-s] mailbox ...

       This command deletes a mailbox and expunges all the  messages  it  con‐
       tains.  If the mailbox has any children, they won't be deleted.
       When  the  -s  option  is  present,  the deleted mailboxes will be also
       unsubscribed.

   mailbox list
       doveadm mailbox list [-7|-8] [-A|-u user] [-S socket_path] [-s]	[mail‐
       box ...]

       To  get	an overview of existing mailboxes use this command.  It's also
       possible to use wildcards in the mailbox name.
       When the -s option  is  present,	 only  subscribed  mailboxes  will  be
       listed.	Listed	subscriptions  may  also  contain  mailboxes  that are
       already deleted.

       -7     Lists the mailboxes with mUTF-7 encoding.

       -8     Lists the mailboxes with UTF-8 encoding.

   mailbox mutf7
       doveadm mailbox mutf7 [-7|-8] name ...

       The mailbox mutf7 command may be	 used  to  convert  the	 international
       mailbox	name  into  a  modified version of the UTF-7 encoding and vice
       versa.  See RFC 3501, section 5.1.3 (Mailbox International Naming  Con‐
       vention).

       -7     Indicates	 that  the  name's  string  representation  is	mUTF-7
	      encoded and it should be converted to UTF-8.

       -8     Indicates that the name's is UTF-8 encoded and  should  be  con‐
	      verted to mUTF-7 (default).

       name   One or more mailbox names that should be converted.

   mailbox rename
       doveadm	mailbox	 rename	 [-A|-u	 user]	[-S socket_path] [-s] old_name
       new_name

       The mailbox rename command is used to rename the	 mailbox  old_name  to
       new_name.
       When the -s option is given, old_name will be unsubscribed and new_name
       will be subscribed.

   mailbox status
       doveadm [-f formatter] mailbox status  [-A|-u  user]  [-S  socket_path]
       [-t] fields mailbox ...

       Show  the  status  of one or more mailboxes.  The mailbox name may also
       contain wildcards.
       This command uses by default the output formatter flow.

       -t     Summarize the values of  the  status  fields  messages,  recent,
	      unseen and/or vsize of multiple mailboxes to a sum (total).

       fields Specify  the  status  fields which should be shown.  In order to
	      specify multiple status fields, enclosed them in quotes.

	      all    This is a special status field name.  It means  show  all
		     of	 the following fields.	When the -t option is present,
		     it means show only the messages, recent, unseen and vsize
		     fields.

	      guid   The mailbox's globally unique identifier.

	      highestmodseq
		     The  highest  mod-sequence	 value	of all messages in the
		     mailbox.

	      messages
		     The number of messages in the mailbox.

	      recent The number of messages with the \Recent flag set.

	      uidnext
		     The next unique identifier value.

	      uidvalidity
		     The unique identifier validity value.

	      unseen The message sequence number of the first  unseen  message
		     in the mailbox.

	      vsize  The  mailbox's virtual size, computed with CRLF line ter‐
		     minators.

   mailbox subscribe
       doveadm mailbox subscribe [-A|-u user] [-S socket_path] mailbox ...

       This command is used to subscribe one or more mailboxes.

   mailbox unsubscribe
       doveadm mailbox unsubscribe [-A|-u user] [-S socket_path] mailbox ...

       This command is used to unsubscribe one or more mailboxes.

EXAMPLE
       List subscribed mailboxes, beginning with 'dovecot', of user bob.

       doveadm mailbox list -s -u bob dovecot*
       dovecot
       dovecot/pigeonhole
       dovecot/pigeonhole/2.0

       Now have a look at the status of user bob's dovecot mailboxes.

       doveadm -f table mailbox status -u bob "messages vsize" dovecot*
       mailbox					  messages vsize
       dovecot					  20501	   93968492
       dovecot/pigeonhole			  0	   0
       dovecot/pigeonhole/2.0			  47	   323474

       Converting an internationalized mailbox name from mUTF-7 to  UTF-8  and
       vice versa.

       doveadm mailbox mutf7 -7 "~peter/mail/&U,BTFw-/&ZeVnLIqe-"
       ~peter/mail/台北/日本語
       doveadm mailbox mutf7 ~peter/mail/台
       ~peter/mail/&U,BTFw-/&ZeVnLIqe-

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)

Dovecot v2.2			  2010-11-25		    DOVEADM-MAILBOX(1)
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