.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2018 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file .TH DOVEADM\-MOVE 1 "2015-05-09" "Dovecot v2.3" "Dovecot" .SH NAME doveadm\-move \- Move messages matching the given search query into another mailbox .br doveadm\-copy \- Copy messages matching the given search query into another mailbox .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH SYNOPSIS .BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " move " [" \-S .IR socket_path "] " destination .RB [ user .IR source_user "] " search_query .br .\"------------------------------------- .BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " move " [" \-S .IR socket_path "] " .BI \-A " destination .RB [ user .IR source_user "] " search_query .br .\"------------------------------------- .BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " move " [" \-S .IR socket_path "] " .BI \-F " file destination" .RB [ user .IR source_user "] " search_query .br .\"------------------------------------- .BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " move " [" \-S .IR socket_path "] " .BI \-u " user destination .RB [ user .IR source_user "] " search_query .\"------------------------------------- .PP .BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " copy " [" \-S .IR socket_path "] " "destination .RB [ user .IR source_user "] " search_query .br .\"------------------------------------- .BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " copy " [" \-S .IR socket_path "] " .BI \-A " destination .RB [ user .IR source_user "] " search_query .br .\"------------------------------------- .BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " copy " [" \-S .IR socket_path "] " .BI \-F " file destination" .RB [ user .IR source_user "] " search_query .br .\"------------------------------------- .BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " copy " [" \-S .IR socket_path "] " .BI \-u " user destination .RB [ user .IR source_user "] " search_query .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH DESCRIPTION .B doveadm move can be used for moving mails between mailboxes for one or more users. The .I search_query is used to restrict which messages are moved into the .I destination mailbox. .br .B doveadm copy behaves the same as .BR "doveadm move" , except that copied messages will not be expunged after copying. .PP In the first form, .BR doveadm (1) will execute the .BR move / copy action with the environment of the logged in system user. .PP In the second form, .BR doveadm (1) will iterate over all users, found in the configured .IR user_db (s), and move or copy each user\(aqs messages, matching the given .IR search_query , into the user\(aqs .IR destination " mailbox." .PP In the third form, .BR doveadm (1) will iterate over all users, found in the given .IR file , and move or copy each user\(aqs messages, matching the given .IR search_query , into the user\(aqs .IR destination \ mailbox. .PP In the fourth form, matching mails will be moved or copied only for given .IR user (s). .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH OPTIONS Global .BR doveadm (1) .IR options : .TP .B \-D Enables verbosity and debug messages. .TP .BI \-o\ setting = value Overrides the configuration .I setting from .I /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and from the userdb with the given .IR value . In order to override multiple settings, the .B \-o option may be specified multiple times. .TP .B \-v Enables verbosity, including progress counter. .\" --- command specific options --- "/. .PP Command specific .IR options : .\"------------------------------------- .TP .B \-A If the .B \-A option is present, the .I command will be performed for all users. Using this option in combination with system users from .B userdb { driver = passwd } is not recommended, because it contains also users with a lower UID than the one configured with the .I first_valid_uid setting. .sp When the SQL userdb module is used make sure that the .I iterate_query setting in .I /etc/dovecot/dovecot\-sql.conf.ext matches your database layout. When using the LDAP userdb module, make sure that the .IR iterate_attrs " and " iterate_filter settings in .I /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext match your LDAP schema. Otherwise .BR doveadm (1) will be unable to iterate over all users. .\"------------------------------------- .TP .BI \-F\ file Execute the .I command for all the users in the .IR file . This is similar to the .B \-A option, but instead of getting the list of users from the userdb, they are read from the given .IR file . The .I file contains one username per line. .\"------------------------------------- .TP .BI \-S\ socket_path The option\(aqs argument is either an absolute path to a local UNIX domain socket, or a hostname and port .RI ( hostname : port ), in order to connect a remote host via a TCP socket. .sp This allows an administrator to execute .BR doveadm (1) mail commands through the given socket. .\"------------------------------------- .TP .BI \-u\ user/mask Run the .I command only for the given .IR user . It\(aqs also possible to use .RB \(aq * \(aq and .RB \(aq ? \(aq wildcards (e.g. \-u *@example.org). .br When neither the .B \-A option, nor the .BI \-F\ file option, nor the .BI \-u\ user was specified, the .I command will be executed with the environment of the currently logged in user. .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH ARGUMENTS .TP .I destination The name of the destination mailbox, into which the mails should be moved or copied. The .I destination mailbox must exist, otherwise this command will fail. .\"------------------------------------- .TP .I search_query Move/copy messages matching the given search query. See .BR doveadm\-search\-query (7) for details. .\"------------------------------------- .TP .BI user \ source_user The keyword .B user followed by a valid user name. When this argument is present, .BR doveadm (1) will apply the .I search_query to the .IR source_user "\(aqs " mail_location . .br .B Limitation: Currently the users, specified by .BI \-u " user" and .BI user " source_user," must share the same UID and GID. .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH EXAMPLE Move jane\(aqs messages \- received in September 2011 \- from her INBOX into her archive. .PP .nf .ft B doveadm move \-u jane Archive/2011/09 mailbox INBOX BEFORE \(rs 2011\-10\-01 SINCE 01\-Sep\-2011 .ft P .fi .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH REPORTING BUGS Report bugs, including .I doveconf \-n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List . Information about reporting bugs is available at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH SEE ALSO .BR doveadm (1), .BR doveadm\-search\-query (7)