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+.\" $Id$
+.TH "VMM" "1" "11. Jun 2008" "Pascal Volk"
+.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 pop3 [True]: 
+        Enter new value for smtp [True]: 
+        Enter new value for imap [True]: 
+        Enter new value for 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. 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
+                example.net
+                example.org
+.fi
+.\"
+.TP
+\fBhelp\fP (\fBh\fP)
+Prints all available commands to stderr. 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 [ \fIdetailed\fP ]
+This subcommand shows some information about the given domain.
+.br
+If the keyword '\fBdetailed\fP' is specified as optional argument, all
+available accounts and aliases will be listed.
+.PP
+.nf
+        Example:
+
+        \fBvmm domaininfo sales.example.com\fP
+        Domain information
+        ------------------
+                Domainname.....: sales.example.com
+                GID............: 70002
+                Transport......: dovecot:
+                Domaindir......: /home/mail/5/70002
+                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 a 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 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 [ \fIsmtp\fP | \fIpop3\fP | \fIimap\fP | \fImanagesieve\fP | \fIall\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 service nor the keyword '\fIall\fP' is given all services ('smtp', 'pop3', 'imap', and 'managesieve') will be disabled for the account with the specified
+\fIaddress\fP. Otherwise only the specified service 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 [ \fIsmtp\fP | \fIpop3\fP | \fIimap\fP | \fImanagesieve\fP | \fIall\fP ]
+To allow access to one or all restricted services use this subcommand.
+.br
+If neither a service nor the keyword '\fIall\fP' is given all services ('smtp', 'pop3', 'imap', and 'managesieve') will be enabled for the account with the specified
+\fIaddress\fP. Otherwise only the specified service will be enabled.
+.TP
+\fBuserdelete\fP (\fBud\fP) \fIaddress\fP
+Use this subcommand to delete the account with the given \fIaddress\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 goes 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.