SYNOPSIS
doveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_querydoveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_query -A
doveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_query -F file
doveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_query -u user
DESCRIPTION
This command is used to manipulate flags of messages.OPTIONS
Global doveadm(1) options:- -D
- Enables verbosity and debug messages.
- -o setting=value
- Overrides the configuration setting from /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and from the userdb with the given value. In order to override multiple settings, the -o option may be specified multiple times.
- -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 iterate_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. Otherwise doveadm(1) will be unable to iterate over all users.
- -F file
- Execute the command for all the users in the file. This is similar to the -A option, but instead of getting the list of users from the userdb, they are read from the given file. The file contains one username per line.
- -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 the -F file option, nor the -u user was specified, the command will be executed with the environment of the currently logged in user.
ARGUMENTS
- flags
-
Message flags as described in RFC 3501, section 2.3.2 (Flags Message
Attribute):
\Answered, \Deleted, \Draft, \Flagged,
\Recent and \Seen.
And the IMAP keywords
$Forwarded, $MDNSent, $SubmitPending and
$Submitted
or user-defined keywords, e.g. Junk, $NonSpam or $Label1.
One or multiple flags and/or keywords can be specified. - search_query
- Manipulate the flags of messages matching the given search query. See doveadm-search-query(7) for details.
COMMANDS
flags add
doveadm flags add [-u user|-A|-F file] [-S socket_path] flags search_queryThis command is used to extend the current set of flags with the given flags.
flags remove
doveadm flags remove [-u user|-A|-F file] [-S socket_path] flags search_queryIn order to remove the given flags from the current set of flags, use this command.
flags replace
doveadm flags replace [-u user|-A|-F file] [-S socket_path] flags search_queryThis command is used to replace ALL current flags with the given flags.
EXAMPLE
List and manipulate the message flags of the message with uid 81563
doveadm fetch -u bob 'uid flags' mailbox dovecot uid 81563 uid: 81563 flags: \Answered \Seen NonJunk doveadm flags -u bob remove NonJunk mailbox dovecot uid 81563 doveadm flags -u bob add '\Flagged $Forwarded' mailbox dovecot uid 81563