These are some of the commands I use most, or, zimbra commands that were relevant to a very specific goal and i had to document them to avoid losing them :)

Get a mailbox folder list with message count:

zmmailbox -z -m user@example.net getAllFolders

Most zmmailbox command parameters have easy mnemonics like getAllFolders can be replaced with gaf

Get mailbox total size:

zmmailbox -z -m user@example.net gms

Empty all messages of a specific mailbox folder:

zmmailbox -z -m user@example.net emptyFolder /Inbox

Tip: Contacts and Emailed Contacts are also folders so, cleaning up the /Emailed Contacts or /Contacts folder will clear those categories of contacts.

Export and compress mailbox(backup):

zmmailbox -z -m user@example.net getRestURL "//?fmt=tgz" > /tmp/user_backup.tar.gz

This one is useful if import/export feature is disable globally on your Zimbra server.

Import a mailbox backup from cli, resolving duplicates(see options below):

zmmailbox -z -m user02@example.net postRestURL "//?fmt=tgz&resolve=FOO" /tmp/user_backup.tar.gz

Where FOO can be replaced by:

• skip = Ignore duplicate items found on backup file
• modify = Update current mailbox items with the content of what is being imported from the backup file
• reset = Delete old folder and replace the content with backup file content

Export mailbox contacts as .csv file(syntax may vary depending on your Zimbra version):

zmmailbox -z -m user@example.net getRestUrl "//?fmt=csv&query=under:Contacts" > /tmp/user_contacts.csv
zmmailbox -z -m user@example.net -t 0 getRestUrl "//contacts?fmt=csv" > /tmp/user_contacts.csv

You can also change the format(fmt=) to zimbra-csv, yahoo-csv, thunderbird-csv, outlook-2000-csv or outlook-2003-csv if you want to make data more compatible with other applications.

Clear the dumpster(trash recovery if any):

zmmailbox -z -A -m user@example.net emptyDumpster

Search for emails:

zmmailbox -z -m user@example.net s -t message \"Search String\"

Tip: You could use from: address or to: address or subject: Subject foo bar for better results than full text searches. Also, the -l NUM can be used to limit the command output where NUM is the number of lines or result entries you want.

Create a “spamlover” account:

zmprov ma user@example.net amavisSpamLover TRUE amavisBypassSpamChecks TRUE

This one is useful if you have a mailbox where you need to create filters and automate mail actions(say, EDI files) but [SPAM] tag gets inserted on some messages preventing them to be delivered correctly to the /Inbox folder.

List mailboxes quota(do your homework and blend this command with awk to convert disk units):

zmprov qgu `hostname`

Thats it!