DOVEADM-PURGE(1)

NAME
doveadm-purge - Remove messages with refcount=0 from mdbox files

SYNOPSIS
doveadm [-Dv] purge [-S socket_path]
doveadm [-Dv] purge [-S socket_path] -A
doveadm [-Dv] purge [-S socket_path] -F file
doveadm [-Dv] purge [-S socket_path] -u user

DESCRIPTION
The doveadm purge command is used to remove all messages with refcount=0 from a user's mail storage. The refcount of a message is decreased to 0 when the user (or some administration utility) has expunged all instances of a message from all mailboxes.

In the first form, doveadm(1) will perform the purge action for the currently logged in user.

In the second form, the command will be executed for all users.

In the third form, the command will be executed for all users listed in the given file.

In the last form, only messages of the given user(s) will be purged. @INCLUDE:global-options@

Command specific options: @INCLUDE:option-A@ @INCLUDE:option-F-file@ @INCLUDE:option-S-socket@ @INCLUDE:option-u-user@ @INCLUDE:reporting-bugs@

SEE ALSO
doveadm(1), doveadm-expunge(1)

See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/dbox#Multi-dbox for some details.