DOVEADM-FLAGS(1)                             Dovecot                             DOVEADM-FLAGS(1)



NAME
       doveadm-flags - add, remove or replace messages' flags

SYNOPSIS
       doveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_query
       doveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_query -A
       doveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_query -u user

DESCRIPTION
       This command is used to manipulate flags of messages.

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 config‐
              ured 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 -u user was specified, the command will be  executed
              with the environment of the currently logged in user.

ARGUMENTS
       flags  Message  flags  as  described in RFC 3501, section 2.3.2 (Flags Message Attribute):
              \Answered, \Deleted, \Draft, \Flagged, \Recent and \Seen.  And  the  IMAP  keywords
              $Forwarded,  $MDNSent, $SubmitPending and $Submitted or user-defined keywords, e.g.
              Junk, $NonSpam or $Label1.
              One or multiple flags and/or keywords can be specified.

       search_query
              Manipulate  the  flags  of  messages  matching  the  given   search   query.    See
              doveadm-search-query(7) for details.

COMMANDS
   flags add
       doveadm flags add [-u user|-A] [-S socket_path] flags search_query

       This command is used to extend the current set of flags with the given flags.

   flags remove
       doveadm flags remove [-u user|-A] [-S socket_path] flags search_query

       In order to remove the given flags from the current set of flags, use this command.

   flags replace
       doveadm flags replace [-u user|-A] [-S socket_path] flags search_query

       This command is used to replace ALL current flags with the given flags.

EXAMPLE
       List and manipulate the message flags of the message with uid 81563

       doveadm fetch -u bob 'uid flags' mailbox dovecot uid 81563
       uid: 81563
       flags: \Answered \Seen NonJunk

       doveadm flags -u bob remove NonJunk mailbox dovecot uid 81563
       doveadm flags -u bob add '\Flagged $Forwarded' mailbox dovecot uid 81563

REPORTING BUGS
       Report  bugs,  including  doveconf  -n  output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dove‐
       cot.org>.  Information about reporting bugs  is  available  at:  http://dovecot.org/bugre‐
       port.html

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



Dovecot v2.2                                2013-08-02                           DOVEADM-FLAGS(1)