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aox(8)			  Archiveopteryx Documentation			  aox(8)

NAME
     aox - management tool for Archiveopteryx.

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/local/bin/aox verb noun [ options ] [ arguments ]

     aox help commands

     aox help command

DESCRIPTION
     aox  is  a  command-line  program	to perform various system administration
     tasks for Archiveopteryx.

     Examples of such tasks are adding users, changing the  access  control  for
     mailboxes, etc. In principle, everything one would want to do using a shell
     script should be doable using aox.

COMMANDS
     aox start [-v]
	    Starts the Archiveopteryx servers in the correct order.

     aox stop [-v]
	    Stops the running Archiveopteryx servers in the correct order.

     aox restart [-v]
	    Restarts  the  servers in the correct order (currently equivalent to
	    start && stop).

     aox show status [-v]
	    Displays a summary of the running Archiveopteryx servers.

     aox show configuration [-p -v] [variable-name]
	    Displays variables configured in archiveopteryx.conf.

	    If a variable-name is specified, only that variable is displayed.

	    The -v flag displays only the value of the variable.

	    The -p flag restricts the results to variables whose value has  been
	    changed from the default.

	    configuration may be abbreviated as cf.

     aox show build
	    Displays  the  build settings used for this installation (as config-
	    ured in Jamsettings).

     aox show counts [-f]
	    Displays the number of rows in the most important tables, as well as
	    the total size of the mail stored.

	    The -f flag causes it to collect slow-but-accurate statistics. With-
	    out it, by default, you get quick  estimates  (more  accurate  after
	    VACUUM ANALYSE).

     aox show queue
	    Displays a list of all mail queued for delivery to a smarthost.

     aox show schema
	    Displays the revision of the existing database schema.

     aox upgrade schema [-n]
	    Checks  that  the  database  schema  is  one  that	this  version of
	    Archiveopteryx is compatible with, and updates it if needed.

	    The -n flag causes aox to perform the SQL statements for the  schema
	    upgrade and report on their status without COMMITing the transaction
	    (i.e. see what the upgrade would do, without doing anything).

     aox update database
	    Performs any updates to the database contents which are too slow for
	    inclusion  in  aox upgrade schema.	This command is meant to be used
	    while the server is running. It does its work in small chunks, so it
	    can be restarted at any time, and is tolerant of interruptions.

     aox tune database <mostly-writing|mostly-reading|advanced-reading>
	    Adjusts the database indices and configuration to suit expected  us-
	    age patterns.

     aox list mailboxes [-d] [-o username] [pattern]
	    Displays  a list of mailboxes matching the specified shell glob pat-
	    tern.  Without a pattern, all mailboxes are listed.

	    The -d flag includes deleted mailboxes in the list.

	    The "-o username" flag restricts the list to mailboxes owned by  the
	    specified user.

	    The -s flag shows a count of messages and the total size of the mes-
	    sages in each mailbox.

	    ls is an acceptable abbreviation for list.

     aox list users [pattern]
	    Displays  a list of users matching the specified shell glob pattern.
	    Without a pattern, all users are listed.

     aox list aliases [pattern]
	    Displays a list of aliases where either the address  or  the  target
	    mailbox matches the specified shell glob pattern. Without a pattern,
	    all aliases are listed.

     aox list rights <mailbox> [username]
	    Displays  a  list  of users and the rights they have been granted to
	    the specified mailbox. If a username  is  given,  only  that  user's
	    rights are displayed.

     aox add user <username> <password> <email-address>

     aox add user -p <username> <email-address>
	    Creates a new Archiveopteryx user with the specified username, pass-
	    word,  and	email address. If the -p flag is specified, the password
	    is read interactively, instead of from the command-line.

	    create and new are acceptable abbreviations for add.

     aox delete user [-f] <username>
	    Deletes the specified Archiveopteryx user. If -f is  specified,  any
	    mailboxes owned by the user are also deleted.

	    del and remove are acceptable abbreviations for delete.

     aox change password <username> <new-password>

     aox change password -p <username>
	    Changes  the specified user's password. If the -p flag is specified,
	    the password is read interactively, instead  of  from  the	command-
	    line.

     aox change username <username> <new-username>
	    Renames the specified user.

     aox change address <username> <new-address>
	    Changes the specified user's email address.

     aox add mailbox <name> [username]
	    Creates  a new mailbox with the specified name and, if a username is
	    specified, owned by that user.

	    The mailbox name must be fully-qualified (begin with  /),  unless  a
	    username  is  specified, in which case unqualified names are assumed
	    to be under the user's home directory.

     aox delete mailbox [-f] <name>
	    Deletes the specified mailbox.

	    If -f is specified, the mailbox and any  messages  it  contains  are
	    permanently deleted. Otherwise, only empty mailboxes are deleted.

     aox add alias <address> <mailbox>
	    Creates  an  alias	that  instructs the server to accept mail to the
	    given address and deliver it to the specified mailbox.

     aox delete alias <address>
	    Deletes an alias, if one exists, for the given address.

     aox setacl [-d] <mailbox> <identifier> <rights>
	    Assigns the specified rights to the given identifier on the mailbox.
	    If the rights begin with + or -, the specified rights are  added  to
	    or	subtracted  from  the existing rights; otherwise, the rights are
	    set to exactly those given.

	    With -d, the identifier's rights are deleted altogether.

	    A summary of the changes made is displayed when the  operation  com-
	    pletes.

     aox undelete <mailbox> <search>
	    Searches  for deleted messages in the specified mailbox and restores
	    those that match the search.

     Messages can be restored after an IMAP EXPUNGE or POP3 DELE until aox  vac-
     uum permanently removes them after the configured undelete-time.

     Example: aox undelete /users/fred/inbox from example.com

     aox vacuum
	    Permanently deletes messages that were marked for deletion more than
	    undelete-time days ago, and removes any bodyparts that are no longer
	    used.

	    This is not a replacement for running VACUUM ANALYSE on the database
	    (either with vacuumdb or via autovacuum).

	    This command should be run (we suggest daily) via crontab.

     aox anonymise <file>
	    Reads  a mail message from the named file, obscures most or all con-
	    tent and prints the result on stdout. The output resembles the orig-
	    inal closely enough to be used in a bug report.

     aox reparse
	    Looks for messages that "arrived but could not be stored" and  tries
	    to	parse them using workarounds that have been added more recently.
	    If it succeeds, the new message is injected and the old one deleted.

     aox grant privileges <username>
	    makes sure that the named user has all the	permissions  needed  for
	    the db-user (i.e., and unprivileged user), and no more.

     aox check config
	    reads  the	configuration  files  and  reports  any problems that it
	    finds.

OPTIONS
     The -v flag enables (slightly) more verbose diagnostic output  wherever  it
     is supported (see the descriptions of each command above).

EXAMPLES
     To  add  a  user called "nirmala", whose password is "angstskrik" and whose
     main email address is "nirmala@example.com":

	    aox add user nirmala angstskrik nirmala@example.com

     To change Nirmala's password to "temmelig hemmelig":

	    aox change password nirmala 'temmelig hemmelig'

     To remove that user:

	    aox remove user nirmala

DIAGNOSTICS
     The return code of aox is zero if all goes well, and a non-zero in case  of
     errors.

     Diagnostics  are  logged  using  Archiveopteryx's	logd(8),  just	like the
     servers do. Disasters are also logged via stderr.

BUGS
     There is no command-line option to set the configuration file.

AUTHOR
     The Archiveopteryx Developers, info@aox.org.

VERSION
     This man page covers Archiveopteryx  version  3.2.0,  released  2014-03-10,
     http://archiveopteryx.org/3.2.0

SEE ALSO
     archiveopteryx(8), archiveopteryx.conf(5), http://archiveopteryx.org

aox.org 			   2014-03-10				  aox(8)

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