DOVEADM-MOVE(1) Dovecot DOVEADM-MOVE(1)NAMEdoveadm-move - Move messages matching the given search query into
another mailbox
SYNOPSIS
doveadm [-Dv] move [-S socket_path] destination search_query
doveadm [-Dv] move [-S socket_path] -A destination search_query
doveadm [-Dv] move [-S socket_path] -u user destination 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.
In the first form, doveadm(1) will executed the move 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 each user's messages, matching the
given search_query, into the user's destination mailbox.
In the third form, matching mails will be moved only for given user(s).
OPTIONS
Global doveadm(1) options:
-D Enables verbosity and debug messages.
-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 /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext matches
your database layout. When using the LDAP userdb module, make
sure that the iterate_attrs and iterate_filter settings in
/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext match your LDAP schema. Oth‐
erwise doveadm(1) will be unable to iterate over all users.
-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 -u user was specified, the com‐
mand 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. The destination mailbox must exist, otherwise this
command will fail.
search_query
Move messages matching the given search query. See
doveadm-search-query(7) for details.
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 2011-09-25 DOVEADM-MOVE(1)