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    doveadm  [-Dv]  [-f formatter] command [command_options] [command_argu‐
    ments]

    Global doveadm(1) options:
 
    -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.
 
    -f formatter
           Specifies  the  formatter  for formatting the output.  Supported
           formatters are:
 
           flow   prints each line with key=value pairs.
 
           pager  prints each key: value pair on its own line and separates
                  records with form feed character (^L).
 
           tab    prints  a  table  header  followed by tab separated value
                  lines.
 
           table  prints a table header followed by adjusted value lines.
 
    -o setting=value
           Overrides  the  configuration  setting  from  /etc/dovecot/dove‐
           cot.conf  and from the userdb with the given value.  In order to
           override multiple settings, the -o option may be specified  mul‐
           tiple times.
 
    -v     Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

    These commands work directly with Dovecot's master process.
 
reload
    doveadm reload
 
    Force dovecot(1) to reload the configuration.
 
stop
    doveadm stop
 
    Stop dovecot(1) and all its child processes.
 
ADDITIONAL MASTER COMMANDS
    doveadm director
           doveadm-director(1),  Manage Dovecot directors (if used by proxy
           servers).
 
    doveadm exec
           doveadm-exec(1),  Easily   execute   commands   from   Dovecot's
           libexec_dir.
 
    doveadm instance
           doveadm-instance(1),   Manage   the   list  of  running  Dovecot
           instances.
 
    doveadm kick
           doveadm-kick(1),  Disconnect  users  by  user  name  and/or   IP
           address.
 
    doveadm log
           doveadm-log(1), Locate, test or reopen Dovecot's log files.
 
    doveadm mount
           doveadm-mount(1), Manage the list of mountpoints where mails are
           stored.
 
    doveadm penalty
           doveadm-penalty(1), Show current penalties.
 
    doveadm proxy
           doveadm-proxy(1), Handle Dovecot proxy connections.
 
    doveadm who
           doveadm-who(1); Show who is logged in to the Dovecot server.
 
AUTHENTICATION COMMANDS
    doveadm auth
           doveadm-auth(1), Test authentication for a user.
 
    doveadm pw
           doveadm-pw(1), Dovecot's password hash generator.
 
    doveadm user
           doveadm-user(1), Perform a user lookup in Dovecot's userdbs
 
MAILBOX COMMANDS
    doveadm acl
           doveadm-acl(1), Manage Access Control List (ACL).
 
    doveadm altmove
           doveadm-altmove(1), Move matching mails to the alternative stor‐
           age.
 
    doveadm backup
           doveadm-backup(1),  Dovecot's  one-way  mailbox  synchronization
           utility.
 
    doveadm batch
           doveadm-batch(1), Execute multiple commands for multiple users.
 
    doveadm copy
           doveadm-copy(1), Copy messages matching the given  search  query
           into another mailbox.
 
    doveadm deduplicate
           doveadm-deduplicate(1), Expunge duplicate messages.
 
    doveadm dump
           doveadm-dump(1),  Dump  the  content of Dovecot's binary mailbox
           index/log.
 
    doveadm expunge
           doveadm-expunge(1),  Expunge  messages  matching  given   search
           query.
 
    doveadm fetch
           doveadm-fetch(1), Fetch messages matching given search query.
 
    doveadm flags
           doveadm-flags(1), Add, remove or replace messages' flags.
 
    doveadm fts
           doveadm-fts(1), Manipulate the Full Text Search (FTS) index.
 
    doveadm force-resync
           doveadm-force-resync(1),  Repair broken mailboxes, in case Dove‐
           cot doesn't automatically do that.
 
    doveadm import
           doveadm-import(1), Import messages matching given search query.
 
    doveadm index
           doveadm-index(1), Index messages in a given mailbox.
 
    doveadm mailbox
           doveadm-mailbox(1), Various commands related to  handling  mail‐
           boxes.
 
    doveadm move
           doveadm-move(1)  Move  messages  matching the given search query
           into another mailbox.
 
    doveadm purge
           doveadm-purge(1) Remove  messages  with  refcount=0  from  mdbox
           files.
 
    doveadm quota
           doveadm-quota(1),  Initialize/recalculate  or show current quota
           usage.
 
    doveadm replicator
           doveadm-replicator(1), Manage users' mail replicaton.
 
    doveadm stats
           doveadm-stats(1), Inspect or reset stats.
 
    doveadm sync
           doveadm-sync(1), Dovecot's two-way mailbox synchronization util‐
           ity.
 
    doveadm search
           doveadm-search(1), Show a list of mailbox GUIDs and message UIDs
           matching given search query.

    doveadm will exit with one of the following values:
 
    0   Selected command was executed successful.
 
    >0  Command failed in some way.

    USER   This environment variable is used to determine  the  user  if  a
           command accepts a user but none was specified.

    /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
           Dovecot's main configuration file.
 
    /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf
           Mailbox locations and namespaces.
 
    /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-plugin.conf
           Plugin specific settings.