doveadm-fetch.1.in   [plain text]

.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file
.TH DOVEADM\-FETCH 1 "2010-11-25" "Dovecot v2.0" "Dovecot"
.SH NAME
doveadm\-fetch \- Fetch partial/full messages or message information
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] [" \-f
.IR formatter ]
.BR fetch " [" \-S
.IR socket_path "] " "fields search_query"
.br
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.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] [" \-f
.IR formatter ]
.BR fetch " [" \-S
.IR socket_path "]"
.BI \-A " fields search_query"
.br
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.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] [" \-f
.IR formatter ]
.BR fetch " [" \-S
.IR socket_path "]"
.BI \-u " user fields search_query"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B doveadm fetch
can be used to fetch messages\(aq contents and metadata. This can be useful
for scripts and for debugging. If you want to fetch messages one at a time,
see
.BR doveadm\-search (1).
.IP Important:
Please respect your users\(aq privacy.
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@INCLUDE:global-options-formatter@
.\" --- command specific options --- "/.
.PP
This command uses by default the output formatter
.BR pager .
.PP
Command specific
.IR options :
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@INCLUDE:option-A@
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@INCLUDE:option-S-socket@
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@INCLUDE:option-u-user@
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.SH ARGUMENTS
.TP
.I fields
One or more result field names to display, if the
.I search_query
matches any messages.
In order to specify multiple fields, enclose them in single or double
quotes.
.br
Supported
.I fields
are:
.RS
.TP
.B body
.\"-----------------
The body of a message.
.TP
.B date.received
Date and time of final delivery, when the message was delivered to a
user\(aqs mailbox for the first time.
.br
The internal date and time of the source message, when the message was
copied by the IMAP COPY command.
.br
The date\-time attribute when present, otherwise the current time, when the
message was saved by the IMAP APPEND command.
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B date.saved
Date and time when the message was saved to mailbox.
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B date.sent
Date and time of the message\(aqs Date: header.
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.TP
.B flags
A message\(aqs IMAP flags, e.g. \(rsSeen
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B guid
A message\(aqs globally unique identifier.
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B hdr
The header of the message.
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B imap.body
IMAP BODY output of the message (see RFC 3501).
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B imap.bodystructure
IMAP BODYSTRUCTURE output of the message (see RFC 3501).
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B imap.envelope
IMAP ENVELOPE output of the message (see RFC 3501).
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B mailbox
Name of the mailbox, in which the message is stored. The name is in UTF\-8.
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B mailbox\-guid
The globally unique identifier of the mailbox, in which the message is
located.
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B seq
A message\(aqs sequence number in a mailbox.
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B size.physical
A message\(aqs physical size.
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B size.virtual
A message\(aqs virtual size, computed with CRLF line terminators.
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B text
The entire message (header and body).
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B uid
A message\(aqs unique (IMAP) identifier in a mailbox.
.\"-----------------
.TP
.B user
A message owner\(aqs login name.
.\"-----------------
.RE
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.TP
.I search_query
Fetch messages matching this search query.
See
.BR doveadm\-search\-query (7)
for details.
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.SH EXAMPLE
This example based on the first example from
.BR doveadm\-search (1).
We are fetching the fields
.BR mailbox\  and\  date.sent
from user bob\(aqs mailbox with the guid
\(dq3a94c928d66ebe4bda04000015811c6a\(dq for the messages with the
UIDs
.BR 8 ,\  25 \ and \ 45 .
.PP
.nf
.B doveadm fetch \-u bob \(dqmailbox date.sent\(dq \(rs
.B mailbox\-guid 3a94c928d66ebe4bda04000015811c6a uid 8,25,45
mailbox: dovecot/pigeonhole/2.0
date.sent: 2010\-01\-19 01:17:41 (+0100)
^L
mailbox: dovecot/pigeonhole/2.0
date.sent: 2010\-01\-28 09:38:49 (+0100)
^L
mailbox: dovecot/pigeonhole/2.0
date.sent: 2010\-03\-28 18:41:14 (+0200)
^L
.fi
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@INCLUDE:reporting-bugs@
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR doveadm (1),
.BR doveadm\-search (1),
.BR doveadm\-search\-query (7)