DOVEADM-ALTMOVE(1)						      Dovecot							DOVEADM-ALTMOVE(1)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       doveadm [-Dv] altmove [-r] [-S socket_path] search_query
       doveadm [-Dv] altmove [-r] [-S socket_path] -A search_query
       doveadm [-Dv] 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 executed the altmove action with the environment of the logged in system user.

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

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

OPTIONS

       Global doveadm(1) options:

       -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.

       -v     Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

       Command specific options:

       -A     If the -A option is present, the command will be performed for all users.  Using this option in combination with system  users  from
	      userdb  {  driver  =  passwd  } is not recommended, because it contains also users with a lower UID than the one configured with the
	      first_valid_uid setting.

	      When the SQL userdb module is used make sure that the iterate_query setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext matches your  data-
	      base  layout.  When using the LDAP userdb module, make sure that the iterate_attrs and iterate_filter settings in /etc/dovecot/dove-
	      cot-ldap.conf.ext match your LDAP schema.  Otherwise doveadm(1) will be unable to iterate over all users.

       -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.

       -S socket_path
	      The  option's argument is either an absolute path to a local UNIX domain socket, or a hostname and port (hostname:port), in order to
	      connect a remote host via a TCP socket.

	      This allows an administrator to execute doveadm(1) mail commands through the given socket.

       -u user/mask
	      Run the command only for the given user.	It's also possible to use '*' and '?' wildcards (e.g. -u *@example.org).
	      When neither the -A option nor -u user was specified, the command will be executed with the environment of the currently	logged	in
	      user.

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

REPORTING BUGS

       Report  bugs,  including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>.	Information about reporting bugs is avail-
       able at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

SEE ALSO

       doveadm(1), doveadm-search-query(7)

Dovecot v2.1							    2011-09-15							DOVEADM-ALTMOVE(1)