dovecot - Jan 2016 - Can you "doveadm search" with mailbox location instead of a user (-u option)?

Hey dovecot-users!


doveadm import offers to use i.e. a maildir as source and then import
into a users mailbox referenced via "-u" option. If one wants to
import
only certain emails from the source a search-query can be given as well.

I was wondering if doveadm search also does offer to search a mailbox
referenced by filesystem path i.e.


doveadm search maildir:/srv/mailboxes/example.com/mailbox123 NEW


Maybe a fixed mailbox location via "-o
mailbox_location=maildir:/srv/mailboxes/example.com/mailbox123" does
work, but then it's rather a side effect as one needs to define a user
via "-u" parameter anyways.




Regards


Christian

> On 27 Jan 2016, at 15:53, Christian Rohmann <crohmann at
netcologne.de> wrote:
> 
> Hey dovecot-users!
> 
> 
> doveadm import offers to use i.e. a maildir as source and then import
> into a users mailbox referenced via "-u" option. If one wants to
import
> only certain emails from the source a search-query can be given as well.
Yes, because import is importing mails from one location to another.
> I was wondering if doveadm search also does offer to search a mailbox
> referenced by filesystem path i.e.
Whereas search uses only one location.
> doveadm search maildir:/srv/mailboxes/example.com/mailbox123 NEW
> 
> 
> Maybe a fixed mailbox location via "-o
> mailbox_location=maildir:/srv/mailboxes/example.com/mailbox123" does
> work, but then it's rather a side effect as one needs to define a user
> via "-u" parameter anyways.
You can use:

doveadm -o mail=maildir:/srv/mailboxes/example.com/mailbox123 search new

You don't actually have to use the -u parameter, although doveadm may be
using the wrong UID/GID/home then.

On 01/29/2016 03:41 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> You can use:
> 
> doveadm -o mail=maildir:/srv/mailboxes/example.com/mailbox123 search new
> 
> You don't actually have to use the -u parameter, although doveadm may
be using the wrong UID/GID/home then.
Awesome. Maybe the usage output

 # /opt/dovecot/bin/doveadm search
 doveadm search [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] <search
query>


should then not tell the user that "-u" needs to be given or better
explain that "-o mail=" is also a valid way to define which mailbox.



Thanks again Timo for one versatile piece of good software!


Christian