doveadm-flags¶

NAME¶

doveadm-flags - Add, remove or replace messages’ flags

SYNOPSIS¶

doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] flags [-S socket_path] -A command flags search_query

doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] flags [-S socket_path] -F file command flags search_query

doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] flags [-S socket_path] -u user command flags search_query

DESCRIPTION¶

This command is used to manipulate flags of messages.

GLOBAL OPTIONS¶

Global doveadm(1) options:

-D: Enables verbosity and debug messages.
-O: Do not read any config file, just use defaults.
-k: Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just import_environment.
-v: Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
-i instance-name: If using multiple Dovecot instances, choose the config file based on this instance name. See instance_name setting for more information.
-c config-file: Read configuration from the given config-file. By default it first reads config socket, and then falls back to /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf. You can also point this to config socket of some instance running compatible version.
-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.

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).

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_query

This 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_query

In 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_query

This 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 remove -u bob NonJunk mailbox dovecot uid 81563
doveadm flags add -u bob 'Flagged $Forwarded' mailbox dovecot uid 81563

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is available at: https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html