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NAME

       doveadm-import - Import messages matching given search query

SYNOPSIS

       doveadm [-Dv] import [-S socket_path] source_location dest_parent search_query
       doveadm [-Dv] import [-S socket_path] -A source_location dest_parent search_query
       doveadm [-Dv] import [-S socket_path] -u user source_location dest_parent search_query

DESCRIPTION

       This  command  can  be used to import mails from another mail storage specified by source_location to one or more user's mailboxes. All the
       mailboxes are imported under the given dest_parent mailbox, or to root level if dest_parent is empty (""). The search_query can be used	to
       restrict which mailboxes or messages are imported.

       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 only for given user(s).

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.

       -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

       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't 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 set-
	      ting.  For example: maildir:/backup/20101126/jane.doe/Maildir or mdbox:/srv/mail/john.doe/mdbox:ALT=/nfsmount/john.doe/mdbox

EXAMPLE

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

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

       Another example that imports only messages from foo@example.org in the backup mdbox's INBOX to jane's INBOX:

       doveadm import -u jane.doe@example.org 
       mdbox:~/mdbox-backup "" mailbox INBOX from foo@example.org

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

Dovecot v2.1							    2010-11-26							 DOVEADM-IMPORT(1)