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DBMAIL-EXPORT(8)                                              DBMAIL-EXPORT(8)


NAME

       dbmail-export - export a mailbox from the DBMail mailsystem to mbox
       format.


SYNOPSIS

       dbmail-export [-dDr] [-u user] [-m mailbox] [-s imap search] [-o
       outfile|-b basedir] [-f configFile]


DESCRIPTION

       The dbmail-export program allows you to export a DBMail mailbox to an
       mbox formatted mailbox.


OPTIONS

       -u user
          specify the owner of the mailbox you want to export, using wildcards
          ? and * to match one or none, or one or more characters in the
          username, respectively.

       -m mailbox
          specify the mailbox you want to export.

       -o outfile
          specify the file into which the exported mail will be saved.

       -b basedir
          specify the base directory into which the exported mailboxes will be
          saved.

       -s search
          use an IMAP SEARCH string to select messages (default: 1:*) for
          example, to export all messages received in May, use: "1:* SINCE
          1-May-2007 BEFORE 1-Jun-2007"

       -d
          flag exported messages as \\Deleted (use dbmail-util to expunge).

       -D
          set delete status on exported messages (user dbmail-util to purge).

       -r
          export mailboxes recursively (default: true unless -m option also
          specified).


COMMON OPTIONS

       -f configfile
          Specify an alternate config file. The utilities are currently
          hardcoded to use /etc/dbmail.conf for their configs, and will halt
          if the config file cannot be found. Use the -f configfile option to
          specify your system's preferred config file location.

       -q
          Quietly skip interactive prompts and helpful status messages which
          would otherwise be printed to stdout. Use two -q's to silence errors
          which would otherwise be printed to stderr.

       -v
          Operate verbosely. Some of the utilities in the DBMail suite can
          take two -v's for extra verbosity. Those which don't understand this
          convention won't complain about having the extra -v and will simply
          operate at their normal verbosity.

       -V
          Show the version and copyright, then exit.

       -h
          Show a brief summary of options, then exit.


EXAMPLES

       To export and delete all messages belonging to user Joe in mailbox
       Inbox more than 30 days old, try this command:

          dbmail-export -u joe -m inbox -o joesinbox.mbox -d -s "1:* BEFORE `date '+%e-%b-%Y' -d '30 days ago'`"

       Note the careful bash quoting and backticks calling the GNU date(1)
       command. GNU date(1) has excellent features for retrieving relative
       dates. If you are using a different shell, you may need different
       quotes. Descriptions of relative dates are not supported by BSD
       date(1).

       To export all mailboxes named Spam for all users into individual
       directories following the pattern SpamDump/<username>/Spam, try this
       command:

          dbmail-export -u \* -m Spam -b SpamDump

       Note the backslash to prevent the shell from expanding the , as we want
       that  to be passed into DBMail for expansion based on the internal user
       list.


BUGS

       If you experience inexplicable problems with DBMail, please report the
       issue to the [1]DBMail Bug Tracker.


LICENSE

       DBMail and its components are distributed under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License. Copyrights are held variously by the authors
       listed below.

AUTHOR(S)
       DBMail is a collaborative effort among the core developers listed below
       and the tremendous help of the testers, patchers and bug hunters listed
       in the AUTHORS and THANKS files found in the DBMail source
       distribution.

          Eelco van Beek      Aaron Stone            Paul J Stevens
          Roel Rozendaal      Open Source Engineer   NFG Net Facilities Group BV
          Ilja Booij          Palo Alto, CA USA      http://www.nfg.nl
          IC&S                http://hydricacid.com
          Koningsweg 4
          3582 GE Utrecht
          http://www.ic-s.nl


REFERENCES

       1. DBMail Bug Tracker
          http://dbmail.org/index.php?page=bugs

                                  10/16/2007                  DBMAIL-EXPORT(8)

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