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DOVEADM-FORCE-RESYNC 1 "2015-05-09" "Dovecot v2.3" "Dovecot"
NAME
doveadm-force-resync - Repair broken mailboxes ------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYNOPSIS
doveadm " [" -Dv "] " force-resync " [" -S socket_path "] " mailbox -------------------------------------

doveadm " [" -Dv "] " force-resync " [" -S socket_path "] " -A mailbox -------------------------------------

doveadm " [" -Dv "] " force-resync " [" -S socket_path "] " "-F" " file mailbox" -------------------------------------

doveadm " [" -Dv "] " 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@INCLUDE:global-options@ --- command specific options --- "/.

Command specific options : -------------------------------------
@INCLUDE:option-A@ -------------------------------------
@INCLUDE:option-F-file@ -------------------------------------
@INCLUDE:option-S-socket@ -------------------------------------
@INCLUDE:option-u-user@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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\(aqs INBOX: 

 doveadm force-resync -u bob INBOX
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@INCLUDE:reporting-bugs@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEE ALSO
doveadm (1)