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DOVEADM(1)			    Dovecot			    DOVEADM(1)

NAME
       doveadm - Dovecot's administration utility

SYNOPSIS
       doveadm	[-Dv]  [-f formatter] command [command_options] [command_argu‐
       ments]

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 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 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 stor‐
	      age.

       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 force-resync
	      doveadm-force-resync(1),	Repair broken mailboxes, in case Dove‐
	      cot doesn't automatically do that.

       doveadm import
	      doveadm-import(1), Import messages matching given search query.

       doveadm mailbox
	      doveadm-mailbox(1), Various commands related to  handling	 mail‐
	      boxes.

       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

SEE ALSO
       doveadm-help(1),	       doveconf(1),	   dovecot(1),	     dsync(1),
       doveadm-search-query(7)

Dovecot v2.0			  2010-11-25			    DOVEADM(1)
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