> On 27 Jan 2016, at 15:53, Christian Rohmann <crohm...@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.
