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doveadm-purge - Remove messages with refcount=0 from mdbox files ------------------------------------------------------------------------
doveadm " [" -Dv "] " purge " [" -S socket_path "] " -------------------------------------

doveadm " [" -Dv "] " purge " [" -S socket_path ] -A -------------------------------------

doveadm " [" -Dv "] " purge " [" -S socket_path ] -F file -------------------------------------

doveadm " [" -Dv "] " purge " [" -S socket_path "] " -u user ------------------------------------------------------------------------

The doveadm purge command is used to remove all messages with refcount=0 from a user\(aqs mail storage. The refcount of a message is decreased to 0 when the user (or some administration utility) has expunged all instances of a message from all mailboxes.

In the first form, doveadm (1) will perform the purge action for the currently logged in user.

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

In the third form, the command will be executed for all users listed in the given file .

In the last form, only messages of the given user (s) will be purged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@INCLUDE:global-options@ --- command specific options --- "/.

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

doveadm (1), doveadm-expunge (1)

See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/dbox#Multi-dbox for some details.