doveadm-import¶
NAME¶
doveadm-import - Import messages matching given search query
SYNOPSIS¶
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] import [-S socket_path] [-U source_user] [-s] -A source_location dest_parent search_query
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] import [-S socket_path] [-U source_user] [-s] -F file source_location dest_parent *search_query
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] import [-S socket_path] [-U source_user] [-s] -u user source_location dest_parent search_query
DESCRIPTION¶
This command can be used to import mails from another mail storage specified by source_location to one or more user’s mailboxes. All the mailboxes are imported under the given dest_parent mailbox, or to root level if dest_parent is empty (“”). The search_query can be used to restrict which mailboxes or messages are imported. By default the import is done in destination user’s context, you can use -U to change this.
In the first form, doveadm(1) will executed the import action mails will be imported for all users.
In the second form, the mails will be imported for all users listed in the given file.
In the third form, the mails will be imported only for given user (s).
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.
- -s
When the -s option is present, dest_parent and all new mailboxes under it will be subscribed to.
- -u user/mask
Run the command only for the given user. It’s also possible to use ‘*’ and ‘?’ wildcards (e.g. -u *@example.org).
- -U username
When the -U option is present, the source box is opened with given username.
ARGUMENTS¶
- dest_parent
The name of the destination mailbox, under which the mails should be imported. doveadm(1) will create the dest_parent mailbox if it doesn’t exist.
- search_query
Copy messages matching this search query. See doveadm-search-query(7) for details.
- source_location
This argument specifies the mailbox format and location of the source location. The syntax is the same as for the mail_location setting. For example: maildir:/backup/20101126/jane.doe/Maildir or mdbox:/srv/mail/john.doe/mdbox:ALT=/nfsmount/john.doe/mdbox
EXAMPLE¶
This example imports all mails from a backup under a backup-20101026 mailbox:
doveadm import -u jane.doe@example.org mdbox:/backup/20101026/jane.doe/mdbox backup-20101026 all
Another example that imports only messages from foo@example.org in the backup mdbox’s INBOX to jane’s INBOX:
doveadm import -u jane.doe@example.org mdbox:~/mdbox-backup "" mailbox INBOX from foo@example.org
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