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.\" Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file
.TH DOVEADM\-ALTMOVE 1 "2015-05-09" "Dovecot v2.2" "Dovecot"
.SH NAME
doveadm\-altmove \- Move matching mails to the alternative storage (dbox\-only)
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " altmove " [" \-r "] ["\-S
.IR socket_path "] " search_query
.br
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.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " altmove " [" \-r "] ["\-S
.IR socket_path "] "
.BI \-A " search_query"
.br
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.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " altmove " [" \-r "] ["\-S
.IR socket_path "] "
.BI \-F " file search_query"
.br
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.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " altmove " [" \-r "] ["\-S
.IR socket_path "] "
.BI \-u " user search_query"
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.SH 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.
.PP
In the first form,
.BR doveadm (1)
will executed the
.B altmove
action with the environment of the logged in system user.
.PP
In the second form, the command will be performed for all users.
.PP
In the third form, the command will be performed for all users listed in
the given
.IR file .
.PP
In the fourth form, only matching mails of the given
.IR user (s)
will be moved to the alternative storage.
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@INCLUDE:global-options@
.\" --- command specific options --- "/.
.PP
Command specific
.IR options :
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@INCLUDE:option-A@
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@INCLUDE:option-F-file@
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.TP
.B \-r
When the
.B \-r
option is given this
.I command
works the other way round.
Mails will be moved from the alternative storage back to the default mail
location.
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@INCLUDE:option-S-socket@
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@INCLUDE:option-u-user@
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.SH ARGUMENTS
.TP
.I search_query
Messages matching this search query will be moved to alt storage.
See
.BR doveadm\-search\-query (7)
for details.
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.SH FILES
.TP
.I @pkgsysconfdir@/conf.d/10\-mail.conf
Mailbox locations and namespaces.
.TP
.I @pkgsysconfdir@/conf.d/auth\-*.conf.ext
Authentication processes, including userdb settings.
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.SH EXAMPLE
This example moves seen mails older than one week to alternative storage
under /nfsmount:
.br
.nf
mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:ALT=/nfsmount/%h/mdbox
.fi
.PP
.nf
.ft B
doveadm altmove \-u johnd@example.com seen savedbefore 1w
.ft P
.fi
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@INCLUDE:reporting-bugs@
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR doveadm (1),
.BR doveadm\-search\-query (7)
author	Timo Sirainen <timo.sirainen@dovecot.fi>
date	Sat, 04 Nov 2017 02:05:26 +0200
parents	2e2563132d5f
children	cb108f786fb4