DOVEADM-FORCE-RESYNC(1)                                      Dovecot                                     DOVEADM-FORCE-RESYNC(1)



NAME
       doveadm-force-resync - Repair broken mailboxes

SYNOPSIS
       doveadm [-Dv] force-resync [-S socket_path] mailbox
       doveadm [-Dv] force-resync [-S socket_path] -A mailbox
       doveadm [-Dv] force-resync [-S socket_path] -u user mailbox

DESCRIPTION
       Under  certain circumstances it may happen, that dovecot(1) is unable to automatically solve problems with mailboxes.  In
       such situations the force-resync command may be helpful.  It tries to fix all problems.  For sdbox  and  mdbox  mailboxes
       the storage files will be also checked.

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 database layout.  When using the LDAP userdb module, make  sure  that  the  iterate_attrs  and  iter-
              ate_filter  settings  in  /etc/dovecot/dovecot-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  (host-
              name: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
       mailbox
              The name of the mailbox to fix. With mdbox all of the mailboxes are fixed, so you can use for example INBOX as the
              name.

EXAMPLE
       Fix bob's INBOX:

       doveadm force-resync -u bob INBOX

REPORTING BUGS
       Report  bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecotATdovecot.org>.  Information about report-
       ing bugs is available at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

SEE ALSO
       doveadm(1)



Dovecot v2.0                                               2010-11-25                                    DOVEADM-FORCE-RESYNC(1)