**mbexamine**
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Examine a cyrus-format mailbox


Synopsis
========

   **mbexamine** [ **-C** *config-file* ] [ **-u** *uid* ] *mailbox*...
   **mbexamine** [ **-C** *config-file* ] [ **-s** *seqnum*] *mailbox*...
   **mbexamine** [ **-C** *config-file* ] **-q** *mailbox*...
   **mbexamine** [ **-C** *config-file* ] **-c** *mailbox*...


Description
===========

**mbexamine** will examine the header, index, and cache files of a
cyrus format mailbox and dump the information contained therein.  It
can also limit its output to a specific uid or sequence number,
through use of the **-s** and **-u** switches.

**mbexamine** reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5)
file unless specified otherwise by **-C**. It uses
<configdirectory>/mailboxes.db to locate the mailbox on disk.


Options
=======

-C config-file

   Use the specified configuration file *config-file* rather than the
   default imapd.conf(5).

-u  uid, --uid=uid

   Dump information for the given uid only.

-s  seqnum, --seq=seqnum

   Dump information for the given sequence number only.

-q, --check-quota

   Compare the quota usage in cyrus.index to the actual message file
   sizes and report any differences.  If there are differences, the
   mailbox SHOULD be reconstructed.

-c, --check-message-files

   Compare the records in cyrus.index to the actual message files
   report any differences.  This can help detect issues if messages
   files were manipulated manually and/or restored incorrectly.


Examples
========

   **mbexamine** *user.jsmith*

   Examine the mailbox hierarchy rooted at *user.jsmith*.

   **mbexamine -u** *00000004 user.jsmith*

   Examine the mailbox hierarchy rooted at *user.jsmith* looking for
   messages with UID = *00000004*.

   **mbexamine -q** *user.jsmith*

   Examine the mailbox hierarchy rooted at *user.jsmith* checking
   quotas.

   **mbexamine -c** *user.jsmith*

   Examine the mailbox hierarchy rooted at *user.jsmith* comparing
   index records to the actual message files in the mailbox directory.


Files
=====

/etc/imapd.conf, <configdirectory>/mailboxes.db


See Also
========

imapd.conf(5)