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doveadm-import - Import messages matching given search query ------------------------------------------------------------------------
doveadm " [" -Dv "] " import " [" -S socket_path ] [ -U source_user ] [ -s ] source_location dest_parent search_query

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doveadm " [" -Dv "] " import " [" -S socket_path ] [ -U source_user ] [ -s ] -A " source_location dest_parent search_query"

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doveadm " [" -Dv "] " import " [" -S socket_path ] [ -s ] -F " file source_location dest_parent search_query"

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doveadm " [" -Dv "] " import " [" -S socket_path ] [ -U source_user ] [ -s ] -u " user source_location dest_parent search_query" ------------------------------------------------------------------------

This command can be used to import mails from another mail storage specified by source_location to one or more user\(aqs mailboxes. All the mailboxes are imported under the given dest_parent mailbox, or to root level if dest_parent is empty (\(dq\(dq). 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 with the environment of the logged in system user.

In the second form, the mails will be imported for all users.

In the third form, the mails will be imported for all users listed in the given file .

In the fourth form, the mails will be imported only for given user (s). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@INCLUDE:global-options@ --- command specific options --- "/.

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

-s When the -s option is present, dest_parent and all new mailboxes under it will be subscribed to. -------------------------------------
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-U username When the -U option is present, the source box is opened with given username.

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\(aqt 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

This example imports all mails from a backup under a backup-20101026 mailbox:

 doveadm import -u jane.doe@example.org \(rs  mdbox:/backup/20101026/jane.doe/mdbox backup-20101026 all 

Another example that imports only messages from foo@example.org in the backup mdbox\(aqs INBOX to jane\(aqs INBOX:

 doveadm import -u jane.doe@example.org \(rs  mdbox:~/mdbox-backup \(dq\(dq mailbox INBOX from foo@example.org 

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@INCLUDE:reporting-bugs@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
doveadm (1), doveadm-fetch (1), doveadm-search (1), doveadm-search-query (7)