.\" Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file
.TH DOVEADM\-ALTMOVE 1 "2011-09-15" "Dovecot v2.2" "Dovecot"
.SH NAME
doveadm\-altmove \- Move matching mails to the alternative storage (dbox\-only)
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " altmove " [" \-r "] ["\-S
.IR socket_path "] " search_query
.br
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.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " altmove " [" \-r "] ["\-S
.IR socket_path "] "
.BI \-A " search_query"
.br
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.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " altmove " [" \-r "] ["\-S
.IR socket_path "] "
.BI \-u " user search_query"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
This command can be used with sdbox or mdbox storage to move mails to
alternative storage path when :ALT=<path> is specified for the mail
location.
.PP
In the first form,
.BR doveadm (1)
will executed the
.B altmove
action with the environment of the logged in system user.
.PP
In the second form, the command will be performed for all users.
.PP
In the third form, only matching mails of the given
.IR user (s)
will be moved to the alternative storage.
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.SH OPTIONS
Global
.BR doveadm (1)
.IR options :
.TP
.B \-D
Enables verbosity and debug messages.
.TP
.B \-v
Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
.\" --- command specific options --- "/.
.PP
Command specific
.IR options :
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.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.
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.TP
.B \-r
When the
.B \-r
option is given this
.I command
works the other way round.
Mails will be moved from the alternative storage back to the default mail
location.
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.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.
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.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
.BI \-u\  user
was specified, the
.I command
will be executed with the environment of the
currently logged in user.
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.SH ARGUMENTS
.TP
.I search_query
Messages matching this search query will be moved to alt storage.
See
.BR doveadm\-search\-query (7)
for details.
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.SH FILES
.TP
.I /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10\-mail.conf
Mailbox locations and namespaces.
.TP
.I /etc/dovecot/conf.d/auth\-*.conf.ext
Authentication processes, including userdb settings.
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.SH EXAMPLE
This example moves seen mails older than one week to alternative storage
under /nfsmount:
.br
.nf
mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:ALT=/nfsmount/%h/mdbox
.fi
.PP
.nf
.B doveadm altmove \-u johnd@example.com seen savedbefore 1w
.fi
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.SH REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs, including
.I doveconf \-n
output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>.
Information about reporting bugs is available at:
http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR doveadm (1),
.BR doveadm\-search\-query (7)