DOVEADM-MOVE(1) Dovecot DOVEADM-MOVE(1)NAMEdoveadm-move - Move messages matching the given search query into
another mailbox
doveadm-copy - Copy messages matching the given search query into
another mailbox
SYNOPSIS
doveadm [-Dv] move [-S socket_path] destination [user source_user]
search_query
doveadm [-Dv] move [-S socket_path] -A destination [user source_user]
search_query
doveadm [-Dv] move [-S socket_path] -F file destination [user
source_user] search_query
doveadm [-Dv] move [-S socket_path] -u user destination [user
source_user] search_query
doveadm [-Dv] copy [-S socket_path] destination [user source_user]
search_query
doveadm [-Dv] copy [-S socket_path] -A destination [user source_user]
search_query
doveadm [-Dv] copy [-S socket_path] -F file destination [user
source_user] search_query
doveadm [-Dv] 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 mes‐
sages will not be expunged after copying.
In the first form, doveadm(1) will execute the move/copy action with
the environment of the logged in system user.
In the second 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 third 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 fourth form, matching mails will be moved or copied only for
given user(s).
OPTIONS
Global doveadm(1) options:
-D Enables verbosity and debug messages.
-o setting=value
Overrides the configuration setting from /usr/local/etc/dove‐
cot/dovecot.conf and from the userdb with the given value. In
order to override multiple settings, the -o option may be speci‐
fied multiple times.
-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 /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
matches your database layout. When using the LDAP userdb mod‐
ule, make sure that the iterate_attrs and iterate_filter set‐
tings in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext 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 sim‐
ilar 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.
-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 the -F file option, nor the
-u user was specified, the command will be executed with the
environment of the currently logged in user.
ARGUMENTS
destination
The name of the destination mailbox, into which the mails should
be moved or copied. The destination mailbox must exist, other‐
wise 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 argu‐
ment 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 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: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
SEE ALSOdoveadm(1), doveadm-search-query(7)Dovecot v2.2 2015-05-09 DOVEADM-MOVE(1)
