doveadm user user@example.com

Category: Mail Servers & Postfix

doveadm user user@example.com

Show userdb details for one mailbox

Performs a user lookup and prints what Dovecot knows about the account: uid, gid, home directory, mail location, and any quota or plugin fields. Wildcards like `*@example.com` work too. Use it when a user cannot log in to see if the userdb entry exists.
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