DOVEADM-IMPORT(1)                                            Dovecot                                           DOVEADM-IMPORT(1)



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 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
       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       setting.        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.doeATexample.org \
       mdbox:/backup/20101026/jane.doe/mdbox backup-20101026 all

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

       doveadm import -u jane.doeATexample.org \
       mdbox:~/mdbox-backup "" mailbox INBOX from fooATexample.org

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



Dovecot v2.0                                               2010-11-26                                          DOVEADM-IMPORT(1)