doveadm-force-resync(1) - Repair broken mailboxes
SYNOPSIS
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] force-resync [-S socket_path] -A mailbox
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] force-resync [-S socket_path] -F file mailbox
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] force-resync [-S socket_path] --no-userdb-lookup mailbox
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] force-resync [-S socket_path] -u user mailbox
DESCRIPTION
Under certain circumstances it may happen, that dovecot(1) is unable to automatically solve problems with mailboxes. In such situations the force-resync command may be helpful. It tries to fix all problems. For sdbox and mdbox mailboxes the storage files will be also checked.
OPTIONS
ARGUMENTS
- mailbox
- The name of the mailbox to fix. With mdbox all of the mailboxes are fixed, so you can use for example INBOX as the name.
EXAMPLE
Fix bob's INBOX:
console
$ doveadm force-resync -u bob INBOX