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+.\" Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file
+.TH DOVEADM\-DEDUPLICATE 1 "2015-05-09" "Dovecot v2.3" "Dovecot"
+.SH NAME
+doveadm\-deduplicate \- expunge duplicate messages
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " deduplicate " [" \-u
+.IR user |\c
+.BR \-A |\c
+.BI \-F " file" \c
+.RB "] [" \-S
+.IR socket_path "] ["\c
+.BR \-m ]
+.I search_query
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This command is used to expunge duplicated messages in mailboxes.
+.B doveadm deduplicate
+is mainly useful to revert some (more or less) accidental duplication of
+messages, e.g. after
+.BR "doveadm copy" " or " "doveadm import" .
+.BR doveadm (1)
+will delete the newest duplicated messages from the mailbox and keep the
+oldest.
+.br
+Deduplication across multiple mailboxes is not supported.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@INCLUDE:global-options@
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.PP
+Command specific
+.IR options :
+.\"-------------------------------------
+@INCLUDE:option-A@
+.\"-------------------------------------
+@INCLUDE:option-F-file@
+.\"-------------------------------------
+@INCLUDE:option-S-socket@
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \-m
+if the
+.B \-m
+option is given,
+.BR doveadm (1)
+will deduplicate by Message\-Id header.
+By default deduplication will be done by message GUIDs.
+.\"-------------------------------------
+@INCLUDE:option-u-user@
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH ARGUMENTS
+.TP
+.I search_query
+expunge duplicates found from messages matching the given search query.
+Typically a search query like \(aq\fBmailbox\fP \fImailbox_name\fP
+\fBOR mailbox\fP \fIother_box\fP\(aq will be sufficient.
+See
+.BR doveadm\-search\-query (7)
+for details.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH EXAMPLE
+This example shows how to list and expunge duplicate messages from a
+mailbox.
+.sp
+.nf
+.ft B
+doveadm \-f table fetch \-u jane \(aqguid uid\(aq mailbox a_Box | sort
+.ft P
+guid uid
+8aad0f0a30169f4bea620000ca356bad 18751
+8aad0f0a30169f4bea620000ca356bad 18756
+923e301ab9219b4b4f440000ca356bad 18748
+923e301ab9219b4b4f440000ca356bad 18753
+\&...
+.ft B
+doveadm deduplicate \-u jane mailbox a_Box
+doveadm \-f table fetch \-u jane \(aqguid uid\(aq mailbox a_Box | sort
+.ft P
+guid uid
+8aad0f0a30169f4bea620000ca356bad 18751
+923e301ab9219b4b4f440000ca356bad 18748
+a7999e1530739c4bd26d0000ca356bad 18749
+\&...
+.fi
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@INCLUDE:reporting-bugs@
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR doveadm (1),
+.BR doveadm\-copy (1),
+.BR doveadm\-fetch (1),
+.BR doveadm\-import (1),
+.BR doveadm\-search\-query (7) \ No newline at end of file