doveadm-altmove.1.in revision 6f06e1235c53627eb0b70cbf94af087859a59731
Copyright (c) 2010 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file
DOVEADM-ALTMOVE 1 "2010-06-23" "Dovecot v2.0" "Dovecot"
NAME
doveadm-altmove - Move matching mails to the alternative storage (dbox-only) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYNOPSIS
doveadm " [" -Dv "] " altmove search_query

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doveadm " [" -Dv "] " "altmove -A" search_query

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doveadm " [" -Dv "] " "altmove -u" user search_query ------------------------------------------------------------------------

DESCRIPTION
This command can be used with sdbox or mdbox storage to move mails to alternative storage path when :ALT=<path> is specified for the mail location.

In the first form, doveadm (1) will executed the altmove action with the environment of the logged in system user.

In the second form, the command will be performed for all users.

In the third form, only matching mails of the given user (s) will be moved to the alternative storage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@INCLUDE:global-options@ --- command specific options --- "/.

Command specific options : -------------------------------------
@INCLUDE:option-A@ -------------------------------------
@INCLUDE:option-u-user@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

ARGUMENTS

search_query Messages matching this search query will be moved to alt storage. See doveadm-search-query (7) for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

FILES

@pkgsysconfdir@/conf.d/10-mail.conf Mailbox locations and namespaces.

@pkgsysconfdir@/conf.d/auth-*.conf.ext Authentication processes, including userdb settings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

EXAMPLE
This example moves seen mails older than one week to alternative storage under /nfsmount: 

mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:ALT=/nfsmount/%h/mdbox


 doveadm altmove -u johnd@example.com seen savedbefore 1w
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@INCLUDE:reporting-bugs@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEE ALSO
doveadm (1), doveadm-search-query (7)