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doveadm-force-resync: Repair broken mailboxes
NAME
doveadm-force-resync - Repair broken mailboxesSYNOPSIS
doveadm [-Dv] force-resync [-S socket_path] mailboxdoveadm [-Dv] force-resync [-S socket_path] -A
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 iterate_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
(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 -uuser 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