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+.\" Copyright (c) 2010-2018 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file
+.TH DOVEADM\-MAILBOX 1 "2015-05-09" "Dovecot v2.3" "Dovecot"
+.SH NAME
+doveadm\-mailbox \- Commands related to handling mailboxes
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] [" \-f
+.IR formatter "] " mailbox_cmd " [" options "] [" arguments ]
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B doveadm mailbox
+can be used to query and modify mailboxes.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@INCLUDE:global-options-formatter@
+.\" --- command specific options --- "/.
+.PP
+Command specific
+.IR options :
+.\"-------------------------------------
+@INCLUDE:option-A@
+.\"-------------------------------------
+@INCLUDE:option-F-file@
+.\"-------------------------------------
+@INCLUDE:option-S-socket@
+.\"-------------------------------------
+@INCLUDE:option-u-user@
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH ARGUMENTS
+.TP
+.I mailbox
+Is the name of a
+.IR mailbox ,
+as visible to IMAP clients, except in UTF\-8 format. The hierarchy
+separator between a parent and child mailbox is commonly
+.RB \(aq / \(aq
+or
+.RB \(aq . \(aq,
+but this depends on your selected mailbox storage format and namespace
+configuration. The mailbox names may also require a namespace prefix.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH COMMANDS
+.SS mailbox create
+.B doveadm mailbox create
+[\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-u\fP \fIuser\fP|\fB\-F\fP \fIfile\fP]
+[\fB\-S\fP \fIsocket_path\fP]
+.RB [ \-g
+.IR guid ]
+.RB [ \-s ]
+.IR mailbox\ ...
+.PP
+This command is used to create one or more mailboxes.
+The mailbox format of the created mailboxes depends on the
+.I mail_location
+setting, or the user\(aqs
+.I mail
+field, returned by the userdb.
+.PP
+.TP
+.BI \-g \ guid
+Create the mailbox with the specified GUID.
+.TP
+.B \-s
+When this
+option was given, the created mailboxes will be also added to the user\(aqs
+subscriptions.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS mailbox cryptokey
+.B mailbox cryptokey export|generate|list|password
+.PP
+This command is used to manage mail crypt plugin cryptographic keys.
+Please see doveadm-mailbox-cryptokey(1) for more details.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS mailbox delete
+.B doveadm mailbox delete
+[\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-u\fP \fIuser\fP|\fB\-F\fP \fIfile\fP]
+[\fB\-S\fP \fIsocket_path\fP]
+.RB [ \-s ]
+.RB [ \-r ]
+.RB [ \-e ]
+.RB [ \-Z ]
+.IR mailbox\ ...
+.PP
+This command deletes a mailbox and expunges all the messages it contains.
+If the mailbox has any children, they won\(aqt be deleted, unless
+.B \-r
+is given.
+.PP
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \-r
+Delete mailboxes recursively
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \-s
+Unsubscribe deleted mailboxes.
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \-e
+Require mailboxes to be empty before deleting.
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \-Z
+Delete the mailbox as efficiently as possible, but the user may not be in fully consistent state afterwards. For example quota may be wrong. This option is mainly useful when deleting the entire user.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS mailbox list
+.B doveadm mailbox list
+.RB [ \-7 | \-8 ]
+[\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-u\fP \fIuser\fP|\fB\-F\fP \fIfile\fP]
+[\fB\-S\fP \fIsocket_path\fP]
+.RB [ \-s ]
+[\fImailbox\fP ...]
+.PP
+To get an overview of existing mailboxes use this command.
+It\(aqs also possible to use wildcards in the
+.I mailbox
+name.
+.br
+When the
+.B \-s
+option is present, only subscribed mailboxes will be listed. Listed
+subscriptions may also contain mailboxes that are already deleted.
+.PP
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \-7
+Lists the mailboxes with mUTF\-7 encoding.
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \-8
+Lists the mailboxes with UTF\-8 encoding.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS mailbox mutf7
+.B doveadm mailbox mutf7
+.RB [ \-7 | \-8 ]
+.IR name\ ...
+.PP
+The
+.B mailbox mutf7
+command may be used to convert the international mailbox
+.I name
+into a modified version of the UTF\-7 encoding and vice versa.
+See RFC 3501, section 5.1.3 (Mailbox International Naming Convention).
+.PP
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \-7
+Indicates that the
+.IR name \(aqs
+string representation is mUTF\-7 encoded and it should be converted to
+UTF\-8.
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \-8
+Indicates that the
+.IR name \(aqs
+is UTF\-8 encoded and should be converted to mUTF\-7 (default).
+.TP
+.I name
+One or more mailbox names that should be converted.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS mailbox rename
+.B doveadm mailbox rename
+[\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-u\fP \fIuser\fP|\fB\-F\fP \fIfile\fP]
+[\fB\-S\fP \fIsocket_path\fP]
+.RB [ \-s ]
+.I old_name
+.I new_name
+.PP
+The
+.B mailbox rename
+command is used to rename the mailbox
+.I old_name
+to
+.IR new_name .
+.br
+When the
+.B \-s
+option is given,
+.I old_name
+will be unsubscribed
+and
+.I new_name
+will be subscribed.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS mailbox status
+.BR doveadm " [" \-f
+.IR formatter ]
+.B mailbox status
+[\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-u\fP \fIuser\fP|\fB\-F\fP \fIfile\fP]
+[\fB\-S\fP \fIsocket_path\fP] [\fB\-t\fP]
+.IR "fields mailbox\ " ...
+.PP
+Show the
+.B status
+of one or more mailboxes.
+The
+.I mailbox
+name may also contain wildcards.
+.br
+This command uses by default the output
+.I formatter
+.BR flow .
+.TP
+.B \-t
+Summarize the values of the status
+.I fields
+.BR messages ,
+.BR recent ,
+.BR unseen " and/or"
+.B vsize
+of multiple mailboxes to a sum (total).
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.I fields
+Specify the status
+.I fields
+which should be shown.
+In order to specify multiple status
+.IR fields ,
+enclosed them in quotes.
+.RS
+.TP
+.B all
+This is a special status field name.
+It means show all of the following
+.IR fields .
+When the
+.B \-t
+option is present, it means show only the
+.BR messages ,
+.BR recent ,
+.BR unseen " and"
+.B vsize
+.IR fields .
+.TP
+.B guid
+The
+.IR mailbox \(aqs
+globally unique identifier.
+.TP
+.B highestmodseq
+The highest mod\-sequence value of all messages in the
+.IR mailbox .
+.TP
+.B messages
+The number of messages in the
+.IR mailbox .
+.TP
+.B recent
+The number of messages with the \(rsRecent flag set.
+.TP
+.B uidnext
+The next unique identifier value.
+.TP
+.B uidvalidity
+The unique identifier validity value.
+.TP
+.B unseen
+The message sequence number of the first unseen message in the
+.IR mailbox .
+.TP
+.B vsize
+The
+.IR mailbox \(aqs
+virtual size, computed with CRLF line terminators.
+.TP
+.B firstsaved
+Saved time of the first mail in the mailbox.
+.RE
+.PP
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS mailbox subscribe
+.B doveadm mailbox subscribe
+[\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-u\fP \fIuser\fP|\fB\-F\fP \fIfile\fP]
+[\fB\-S\fP \fIsocket_path\fP]
+.IR mailbox\ ...
+.PP
+This command is used to subscribe one or more mailboxes.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS mailbox unsubscribe
+.B doveadm mailbox unsubscribe
+[\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-u\fP \fIuser\fP|\fB\-F\fP \fIfile\fP]
+[\fB\-S\fP \fIsocket_path\fP]
+.IR mailbox\ ...
+.PP
+This command is used to unsubscribe one or more mailboxes.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS mailbox update
+.B doveadm mailbox update
+[\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-u\fP \fIuser\fP|\fB\-F\fP]
+[\fB\-S\fP \fIsocket_path\fP]
+[\fB\--mailbox-guid\fP \fIguid\fP]
+[\fB\--uid-validity\fP \fIuid\fP]
+[\fB\--min-next-uid\fP \fIuid\fP]
+[\fB\--min-first-recent-uid\fP \fIuid\fP]
+[\fB\--min-highest-modseq\fP \fIseq\fP]
+[\fB\--min-highest-pvt-modseq\fP \fIseq\fP]
+.IR mailbox\ ...
+.PP
+This command is used to set UID validity, next UID, first recent UID and modification sequence values.
+.PP
+Usually this is only ever to be used during migration, or restoring mailbox after disaster.
+Settings these values is highly discouraged, and is not supported for all mail backends.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS mailbox cache purge
+.B doveadm mailbox cache purge
+[\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-u\fP \fIuser\fP|\fB\-F\fP \fIfile\fP]
+[\fB\-S\fP \fIsocket_path\fP]
+.IR mailbox\ ...
+.PP
+Purge the dovecot.index.cache file. Most importantly this frees up disk space
+from mails that were already deleted. Normally there i no need to run this
+command manually, because the compression is also run automatically.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS mailbox cache decision
+.B doveadm mailbox cache decision
+[\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-u\fP \fIuser\fP|\fB\-F\fP \fIfile\fP]
+[\fB\-S\fP \fIsocket_path\fP]
+[\fB\--all\fP]
+[\fB\--fields\fP \fIlist of fields\fP]
+[\fB\--last-used\fP \fIunix timestamp\fP]
+[\fB\--decision\fP \fIno|temp|yes\fP]
+.IR mailbox\ ...
+.PP
+This command is used to list or change caching decisions for field(s) in mailbox(es).
+You can list decisions by leaving out decision and last-used parameters.
+.PP
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \--all
+List or change all fields.
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \--fields
+List or change these comma/space separated fields.
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \--decision
+Set field caching decision. Yes means it's always cached.
+Temp means it's provisionally cached.
+No means the field is not cached.
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.TP
+.B \--last-used
+Set field's last used timestamp.
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.RE
+.PP
+NOTE. This command cannot be used to add new fields to cache! \
+You need to first add them to configuration. \
+Setting caching to no will not immediately drop field from cache, \
+it will stop adding the field to cache.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS mailbox cache remove
+.B doveadm mailbox cache remove
+[\fB\-A\fP|\fB\-u\fP \fIuser\fP|\fB\-F\fP \fIfile\fP]
+[\fB\-S\fP \fIsocket_path\fP]
+.IR search query
+.PP
+Remove any matching mail(s) from cache.
+.PP
+WARNING! This command can erase ALL cached data, causing system slowness.
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH EXAMPLE
+List subscribed mailboxes, beginning with \(aqdovecot\(aq, of user bob.
+.sp
+.nf
+.ft B
+doveadm mailbox list \-s \-u bob dovecot*
+.ft P
+dovecot
+dovecot/pigeonhole
+dovecot/pigeonhole/2.0
+.fi
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.PP
+Now have a look at the status of user bob\(aqs dovecot mailboxes.
+.sp
+.nf
+.ft B
+doveadm \-f table mailbox status \-u bob \(dqmessages vsize\(dq dovecot*
+.ft P
+mailbox messages vsize
+dovecot 20501 93968492
+dovecot/pigeonhole 0 0
+dovecot/pigeonhole/2.0 47 323474
+.fi
+.\"-------------------------------------
+.PP
+Converting an internationalized mailbox name from mUTF\-7 to UTF\-8 and
+vice versa.
+.sp
+.nf
+.ft B
+doveadm mailbox mutf7 \-7 \(dq~peter/mail/&U,BTFw\-/&ZeVnLIqe\-\(dq
+.ft P
+~peter/mail/台北/日本語
+.ft B
+doveadm mailbox mutf7 ~peter/mail/台北/日本語
+.ft P
+~peter/mail/&U,BTFw\-/&ZeVnLIqe\-
+.fi
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@INCLUDE:reporting-bugs@
+.\"------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR doveadm (1)
+.BR doveadm-search-query (7)
+.BR doveadm-mailbox-cryptokey(1)