Provided by: dovecot-core_2.4.1+dfsg1-5ubuntu4.1_amd64 

NAME
doveadm-quota - Initialize/recalculate or show current quota usage
SYNOPSIS
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] [-f formatter] quota [-S socket_path] command -A
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] [-f formatter] quota [-S socket_path] command -F file
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] [-f formatter] quota [-S socket_path] command --no-userdb-lookup
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] [-f formatter] quota [-S socket_path] command -u user
DESCRIPTION
In the first form, the command will be performed for all users.
In the second form, the command will be performed for all users listed in the given file.
In the third form, the command will be performed for the user contained in the USER environment variable.
In the last form, the command will affect only the matching user(s).
• The quota get and quota recalc commands are only available when the global mail_plugins setting
contains the quota plugin.
GLOBAL OPTIONS
Global doveadm(1)
-D
Enables verbosity and debug messages.
-O
Do not read any config file, just use defaults. The dovecot_storage_version setting defaults to the
latest version, but can be overridden with
-k
Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just import_environment setting.
-v
Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
-i instance-name
If using multiple Dovecot instances, choose the config file based on this instance name.
See instance_name setting for more information.
-c config-file
Read configuration from the given config-file. By default it first reads config socket, and then
falls back to /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf. You can also point this to config socket of some instance
running compatible version.
-o setting=value
Overrides the configuration setting from /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and from the userdb with the given
value. In order to override multiple settings, the -o option may be specified multiple times.
-f formatter
Specifies the formatter for formatting the output. Supported formatters are:
flow
prints each line with key=value pairs.
pager
prints each key: value pair on its own line and separates records with form feed character (^L).
tab
prints a table header followed by tab separated value lines.
table
prints a table header followed by adjusted value lines.
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 configured with the first_valid_uid setting.
When the SQL userdb module is used, make sure that the userdb_sql_iterate_query setting setting
matches your database layout.
When using the LDAP userdb module, make sure that the userdb_fields setting and
userdb_ldap_iterate_fields setting settings match your LDAP schema. Otherwise doveadm(1) will be
unable to iterate over all users.
-F file
Execute the command for all the users in the file. This is similar to the -A option, but instead of
getting the list of users from the userdb, they are read from the given file. The file contains one
username per line.
--no-userdb-lookup
Do not perform userdb lookup. Use the USER environment variable to specify the username.
-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).
COMMANDS
quota get
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] quota get [-A | -u user | -F file]
The quota get command is used to display the current quota usage. The storage values are reported in
kilobytes.
This command uses by default the output formatter table.
quota recalc
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] quota recalc [-A | -u user | -F file]
The quota recalc command is used to recalculate the current quota usage.
FILES
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Dovecot's main configuration file, including the dict section.
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf
Mailbox locations and namespaces.
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-quota.conf
Quota configuration.
EXAMPLE
Get the current quota usage of user jane:
doveadm quota get -u jane
Quota name Type Value Limit %
user STORAGE 90099 102400 87
user MESSAGE 20548 30000 68
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
SEE ALSO
doveadm(1)
78ffb79 March 2025 DOVEADM-QUOTA(1)