Ubuntu Manpage: doveadm-search-query - Overview of search queries for doveadm mailbox commands

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NAME

       doveadm-search-query - Overview of search queries for doveadm mailbox commands

DESCRIPTION

       Several doveadm(1) commands use a

       Each  search_query  consists at least of one SEARCH KEY. Most of the SEARCH KEYS require an argument. All
       SEARCH KEYS are case-insensitive. The shortest valid search_query is ALL. For example:

         doveadm search ALL

       Multiple search query expressions will be combined with the AND operator by default. To find all messages
       that are new and greater than 50 kilobyte, one can use:

         doveadm search NEW LARGER 50k

       OR-ed SEARCH KEYS have to be written in parenthesis, when mixing ANDs and ORs.  Shells  commonly  require
       escaping for parentheses. To find messages that were saved on the "13th of April 2007" AND have the \Seen
       and/or \Flagged flag set, one can use for example:

         doveadm search SAVEDON 2007-04-13 \( SEEN OR FLAGGED \)

       It's  also  possible  to specify the mailbox, in which should be searched. Use either the keyword mailbox
       and the name of the mailbox or the keyword mailbox-guid and the mailbox's globally unique  identifier  in
       the  search_query.  To  find all messages in the mailbox with the GUID "44f68b13ce97044b837f000035ca9452"
       use:

         doveadm search mailbox-guid 44f68b13ce97044b837f000035ca9452 ALL

       To list all deleted messages in the "Trash" folder use:

         doveadm search mailbox Trash DELETED

SEARCH KEYS

The following search keys from the specification of IMAP version 4 revision 1 (see: RFC 3501) are
supported:

sequence-set

Matches messages with the given sequence numbers. The sequence-set may be a single UID. Can be a
sequence range, written as from:to, e.g. 100:125. As comma separated list of sequences, e.g. 11,50,4.
It's also possible to combine multiple sequences, e.g. 1,3,5,7,10:20. Using ***** selects the last
mail in the mailbox.

For example 1:100 matches the first 100 mails and 101:200 the next second hundred mails. 1,5,*
matches the first, the fifth and the last email.

ALL

Matches all messages.

ANSWERED

Matches messages with the IMAP flag \Answered set.

BCC string

Matches messages, which contain string in the BCC field of the message's IMAP envelope structure.

BEFORE date specification

Matches messages with an internal date before date specification.

BODY string

Matches messages, which contain string in the body part.

CC string

Matches messages, which contain string in the CC field of the message's IMAP envelope structure.

DELETED

Matches messages with the IMAP flag \Deleted set.

DRAFT

Matches messages with the IMAP flag \Draft set.

FLAGGED

Matches messages with the IMAP flag \Flagged set.

FROM string

Matches messages, which contain string in the FROM field of the message's IMAP envelope structure.

HEADER field string

Matches messages, which either have the named header field, when empty string was given. Or messages,
where the given header field's value contains the specified string.

KEYWORD keyword

Matches messages with the given IMAP keyword (e.g. $Forwarded) flag set.

LARGER size

Matches messages that are larger than the specified size.

MAILBOX name

Matches messages in the mailbox with the specified name.

MAILBOX-GUID guid

Matches messages in the mailbox with the specified guid.

NEW

Matches messages, which have the IMAP flag \Recent set but not the IMAP flag \Seen.

NOT search key

Inverse matching - matches massages, where the search doesn't match the specified search key or its
value.

OLD

Matches messages, which do not have the IMAP flag \Recent set.

ON date specification

Matches messages whose internal date matches the given date specification.

search key OR search key

Matches messages where one of the OR-ed search keys matches.

Note: IMAP4rev1 uses the syntax: OR search key search key

RECENT

Matches messages with the IMAP flag \Recent set.

SEEN

Matches messages with the IMAP flag \Seen set.

SENTBEFORE date specification

Matches messages with a Date: header before date specification.

SENTON date specification

Matches messages with a Date: header matching the given date specification.

SENTSINCE date specification

Matches messages with a Date: header matching or after the given date specification.

SINCE date specification

Matches messages whose internal date is within or after the given date specification.

SMALLER size

Matches messages with a size smaller than the given size.

SUBJECT string

Matches messages, which contain string in the SUBJECT field of the message's IMAP envelope structure.

TEXT string

Matches messages, which contain string in the message headers or body.

TO string

Matches messages, which contain string in the TO field of the message's IMAP envelope structure.

UID sequence-set

Matches messages with the given IMAP UID(s). See the sequence-set description for details on it. For
example 1:10,100:200,* matches the UIDs from 1 to 10, 100 to 200 and also the last mail.

UNANSWERED

Matches messages, which do not have the IMAP flag \Answered set.

UNDELETED

Matches messages, which do not have the IMAP flag \Deleted set.

UNDRAFT

Matches messages, which do not have the IMAP flag \Draft set.

UNFLAGGED

Matches messages, which do not have the IMAP flag \Flagged set.

UNKEYWORD keyword

Matches messages, which do not have the given IMAP keyword flag set

UNSEEN

Matches messages, which do not have the IMAP flag \Seen set.

DOVEADM SEARCH KEYS

       Additional search keys, provided by doveadm(1).

       SAVEDBEFORE date specification

           Matches messages, which were saved before date specification.

       SAVEDON date specification

           Matches messages whose save date matches the given date specification.

       SAVEDSINCE date specification

           Matches messages with a save date matching or after the given date specification.

DATE SPECIFICATION

       doveadm(1) supports a few additional

       dd-mon-yyyy

           Default IMAP4rev1 date format.

           Date components:

               day : the day of month: 1-31.

           month : the abbreviated month name: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, or Dec.

           year : four digits of year, e.g. 2007.

       For example the "13th of April 2007" will be represented as 13-Apr-2007.

       dd-mon-yyyy hh:mm:ss [+-]zzzz

           Default IMAP4rev1 date-time format. See dd-mon-yyyy above for the date format.

           Time format components:

               hh : the hour

           mm : the minute

           ss : the second

           [+-]zzzz : the timezone as hhmm, e.g. +0530, -0700

       interval

           Combination of a positive integer number and a time unit.

           Available time units are:

               weeks : abbreviated: w

           days : abbreviated: d

           hours : abbreviated: h

           mins : abbreviated: m

           secs : abbreviated: s

       To match messages from last week, you may specify for example: since 1w, since 1weeks or since 7days.

       Unix timestamp

           A 10 digit Unix timestamp, seconds since the 1st of January 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. For example the "13th
           of April 2007" will be represented as 1176418800.

       YYYY-MM-DD

           Extended ISO-8601 calendar date format. For example the "13th of April 2007" will be  represented  as
           2007-04-13.

SIZE

       doveadm(1) provides also an additional

       octets

           The message size in octets, as specified in the IMAP4rev1 specification.

       size

           The  message  size  in  B  (byte), k (kilobyte), M (megabyte), G (gigabyte) or T (terabyte). To match
           messages, bigger than 1 megabyte, you may specify for example: larger 1M or larger 1024k.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List ⟨dovecot@dovecot.org⟩. Information
       about reporting bugs is available at: https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html