.\" $Id$

.SH NAME

vmm \- command line tool to manage email domains/accounts/aliases

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B vmm

\fIsubcommand\fP \fIobject\fP [ \fIargs\fP ]

.SH DESCRIPTION

\fBvmm\fP (Virtual Mail Manager) is a command line tool for

administrators/postmasters to manage domains, accounts and aliases. It's

designed for Dovecot and Postfix with a PostgreSQL backend.

.SH SUBCOMMANDS

Each subcommand has both a long and a short form. Both forms are case sensitive.

.SS GENERAL SUBCOMMANDS

.TP

\fBconfigure\fP (\fBcf\fP) [ \fIsection\fP ]

Starts the interactive configuration for all configuration sections.

.br

If the optional argument \fIsection\fP is given, only the configuration options

from the given section will be displayed and will be configurable. The following

sections are available:

.RS

.PD 0

.TP

-

.B

database

.TP

-

.B

maildir

.TP

-

.B

services

.TP

-

.B

domdir

.TP

-

.B

bin

.TP

-

.B

misc

.PD

.RE

.LP

.PP

.nf

        Example:

        \fBvmm configure services\fP

        * Config section: »services«

        Enter new value for option pop3 [True]: 

        Enter new value for option smtp [True]: 

        Enter new value for option imap [True]: 

        Enter new value for option managesieve [True]: false

.fi

.PP

.TP

\fBgetuser\fP (\fBgu\fP) \fIuserid\fP

If only the userid is available, for example from process list, the subcommand

\fBgetuser\fP will show the user's address.

.PP

.nf

        Example:

        \fBvmm getuser 70004\fP

        Account information

        -------------------

                UID............: 70004

                GID............: 70000

                Address........: c.user@example.com

.fi

.\"

.TP

\fBlistdomains\fP (\fBld\fP) [ \fIpattern\fP ]

This subcommand lists all available domains. All domain names will be prefixed

either with '[+]', if the domain is a primary domain, or with '[-]', if it is

an alias domain name. The output can be limited with an optional \fIpattern\fP.

.br

To perform a wild card search, the % character can be used at the start and/or

the end of the \fIpattern\fP.

.PP

.nf

        Example:

        \fBvmm listdomains %example%\fP

        Matching domains

        ----------------

                [+] example.com

                [-]     e.g.example.com

                [+] example.net

                [+] example.org

.fi

.\"

.TP

\fBhelp\fP (\fBh\fP)

Prints all available commands to stdout. After this \fBvmm\fP exits.

.TP

\fBversion\fP (\fBv\fP)

Prints the version information from \fBvmm\fP.

.\"

.SS DOMAIN SUBCOMMANDS

.TP

\fBdomainadd\fP (\fBda\fP) \fIdomain\fP [ \fItransport\fP ]

Adds the new \fIdomain\fP into the database.

.br

If the optional argument \fItransport\fP is given, it will overwrite the

default transport from \fBvmm.cfg\fP (misc/transport). The specified transport

will be the default transport for all new accounts in this domain.

.PP

.nf

        Examples:

        \fBvmm domainadd support.example.com smtp:mx1.example.com

        vmm domainadd sales.example.com\fP

.fi

.TP

\fBdomaininfo\fP (\fBdi\fP) \fIdomain\fP [ \fIdetails\fP ]

This subcommand shows some information about the given \fIdomain\fP.

.br

For a more detailed information about the \fIdomain\fP the optional argument

\fIdetails\fP can be specified. A possible \fIdetails\fP value may be one of

the following four keywords:

.RS

.PD 0

.TP

.B accounts

to list all existing accounts

.TP

.B aliasdomains

to list all assigned alias domains

.TP

.B aliases

to list all available aliases addresses

.TP

.B full

to list all information mentioned above

.PD

.RE

.LP

.nf

        Example:

        \fBvmm domaininfo sales.example.com\fP

        Domain information

        ------------------

                Domainname.....: sales.example.com

                GID............: 70002

                Transport......: dovecot:

                Domaindir......: /home/mail/5/70002

                Aliasdomains...: 0

                Accounts.......: 0

                Aliases........: 0

.fi

.TP

\fBdomaintransport\fP (\fBdt\fP) \fIdomain\fP \fItransport\fP [ \fIforce\fP ]

A new transport for the indicated domain can be set with this subcommand.

.br

If the additional keyword '\fBforce\fP' is given all account specific transport

settings will be overwritten.

.br

Otherwise this setting will affect only new created accounts.

.PP

.nf

        Example:

        \fBvmm domaintransport support.example.com dovecot:\fP

.fi

.TP

\fBdomaindelete\fP (\fBdd\fP) \fIdomain\fP [ \fIdelalias\fP | \fIdeluser\fP | \fIdelall\fP ]

This subcommand deletes the specified \fIdomain\fP.

.br

If there are accounts and/or aliases assigned to the given domain, \fBvmm\fP

will abort the requested operation and show an error message. If you know, what

you are doing, you can specify one of the following keywords: '\fBdelalias\fP', '\fBdeluser\fP' or '\fBdelall\fP'.

.br

If you really always know what you are doing, edit your \fBvmm.cfg\fP and set

the option \fIforcedel\fP, in section \fImisc\fP, to true.

.\"

.SS ALIAS DOMAIN SUBCOMMANDS

.TP

\fBaliasdomainaddd\fP (\fBada\fP) \fIaliasdomain\fP \fItargetdomain\fP

This subcommand adds the new \fIaliasdomain\fP to the \fItargetdomain\fP that

should be aliased.

.PP

.nf

        Example:

.fi

.TP

\fBaliasdomaininfo (\fBadi\fP) \fIaliasdomain\fP

This subcommand shows to which domain the \fIaliasdomain\fP is assigned to.

.PP

.nf

        Example:

        Alias domain information

        ------------------------

                    * example.com

.fi

.TP

\fBaliasdomaindelete\fP (\fBadd\fP) \fIaliasdomain\fP

Use this subcommand if the alias domain \fIaliasdomain\fP should be removed.

.PP

.nf

        Example:

        \fBvmm aliasdomaindelete e.g.example.com\fP

.fi

.\"

.SS ACCOUNT SUBCOMMANDS

.TP

\fBuseradd\fP (\fBua\fP) \fIaddress\fP [ \fIpassword\fP ]

Use this subcommand to create a new email account for the given \fIaddress\fP.

.br

If the \fIpassword\fP is not provided, \fBvmm\fP will prompt for it

interactively.

.PP

.nf

        Examples:

        \fBvmm ua d.user@example.com 'A 5ecR3t P4s5\\/\\/0rd'\fP

        \fBvmm ua e.user@example.com\fP

        Enter new password:

        Retype new password:

.fi

.TP

\fBuserinfo\fP (\fBui\fP) \fIaddress\fP [ \fIdu\fP ]

This subcommand displays some information about the account specified by

\fIaddress\fP.

.br

If the optional argument \fIdu\fP is given, the disk usage of users maildir will

be summarized and displayed too.

.TP

\fBusername\fP (\fBun\fP) \fIaddress\fP \fI'Users Name'\fP

The user's real name can be set/updated with this subcommand.

.PP

.nf

        Example:

        \fBvmm un d.user@example.com 'John Doe'\fP

.fi

.TP

\fBuserpassword\fP (\fBup\fP) \fIaddress\fP [ \fIpassword\fP ]

The \fIpassword\fP from an account can be updated with this subcommand.

.br

If the \fIpassword\fP is not provided, \fBvmm\fP will prompt for it

interactively.

.PP

.nf

        Example:

        \fBvmm up d.user@example.com 'A |\\/|0r3 5ecur3 P4s5\\/\\/0rd?'\fP

.fi

.TP

\fBusertransport\fP (\fBut\fP) \fIaddress\fP \fItransport\fP

A different transport for an account can be specified with this subcommand.

.PP

.nf

        Example:

        \fBvmm ut d.user@example.com smtp:pc105.it.example.com\fP

.fi

.TP

\fBuserdisable\fP (\fBu0\fP) \fIaddress\fP [ \fIservice\fP ]

If a user shouldn't have access to one or all services you can restrict the 

access with this subcommand.

.br

If neither a \fIservice\fP nor the keyword '\fIall\fP' is given all services

(\fIsmtp\fP, \fIpop3\fP, \fIimap\fP, and \fImanagesieve\fP) will be disabled

for the account with the specified \fIaddress\fP. Otherwise only the specified

\fIservice\fP will be restricted.

.PP

.nf

        Examples:

        \fBvmm u0 b.user@example.com imap\fP

        \fBvmm userdisable c.user@example.com\fP

.fi

.TP

\fBuserenable\fP (\fBu1\fP) \fIaddress\fP [ \fIservice\fP ]

To allow access to one or all restricted services use this subcommand.

.br

If neither a \fIservice\fP nor the keyword '\fIall\fP' is given all services

(\fIsmtp\fP, \fIpop3\fP, \fIimap\fP, and \fImanagesieve\fP) will be enabled for

the account with the specified \fIaddress\fP. Otherwise only the specified 

\fIservice\fP will be enabled.

.PP

.TP

\fBuserdelete\fP (\fBud\fP) \fIaddress\fP [ \fIdelalias\fP ]

Use this subcommand to delete the account with the given \fIaddress\fP.

.br

If there are one or more aliases with an identical destination address,

\fBvmm\fP will abort the requested operation and show an error message. To

prevent this, specify the optional keyword '\fIdelalias\fP'.

.\"

.SS ALIAS SUBCOMMANDS

.TP

\fBaliasadd\fP (\fBaa\fP) \fIalias\fP \fItarget\fP

This subcommand is used to create a new alias.

.PP

.nf

        Examples:

        \fBvmm aliasadd john.doe@example.com d.user@example.com\fP

        \fBvmm aa support@example.com d.user@example.com\fP

        \fBvmm aa support@example.com e.user@example.com\fP

.fi

.TP

\fBaliasinfo\fP (\fBai\fP) \fIalias\fP

Information about an alias can be displayed with this subcommand.

.PP

.nf

        Example:

        \fBvmm aliasinfo support@example.com\fP

        Alias information

        -----------------

                Mail for support@example.com will be redirected to:

                     * d.user@example.com

                     * e.user@example.com

.fi

.TP

\fBaliasdelete\fP (\fBad\fP) \fIalias\fP [ \fItarget\fP ]

Use this subcommand to delete the \fIalias\fP.

.br

If the optional destination address \fItarget\fP is given, only this

destination will be removed from the \fIalias\fP.

.PP

.nf

        Example:

        \fBvmm ad support@example.com d.user@example.com\fP

.fi

.SH FILES

/usr/local/etc/vmm.cfg

.SH SEE ALSO

vmm.cfg(5), configuration file for vmm

.SH AUTHOR

\fBvmm\fP and its man pages were written by Pascal Volk

<\fIp.volk@veb-it.de\fP> and are licensed under the terms of the BSD License.