doveadm-altmove(1) - Move matching mails to the alternative storage (dbox-only)

SYNOPSIS

doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] altmove [-r] [-S socket_path] -A search_query

doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] altmove [-r] [-S socket_path] -F file search_query

doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] altmove [-r] [-S socket_path] --no-userdb-lookup search_query

doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] altmove [-r] [-S socket_path] -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 execute the altmove for all users.

In the second form, the command will be performed for all users listed in the given file.

In the third form, the command will be performed for the user contained in the USER environment variable.

In the last form, only matching mails of the given user\ (s) will be moved to the alternative storage.

OPTIONS

-r

When the -r option is given this command works the other way round. Mails will be moved from the alternative storage back to the default mail location.

ARGUMENTS

search_query

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

FILES

/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf

Mailbox locations and namespaces.

/etc/dovecot/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<

SEE ALSO

doveadm(1)