.TH "DOVEADM-PENALTY" "1" "October 2025" "65dfbff" "Dovecot"
.SH "NAME"
\fBdoveadm-penalty\fR - Show current penalties
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.P
\fBdoveadm\fR \[lB]\fIGLOBAL OPTIONS\fR\[rB] \fBpenalty\fR \[lB]\fB-a\fR \fIanvil_socket_path\fR\[rB] \[lB]\fIip\fR \[lB]\fB/\fR \fImask\fR\[rB]\[rB]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.P
The \fBdoveadm penalty\fR command can be used to see the current penalties.
.SH "GLOBAL OPTIONS"
.P
Global doveadm(1) 
.P
\fB-D\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Enables \fIverbosity\fR and debug messages.
.RE 0

.RE 0

.P
\fB-O\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Do not read any config file, just use defaults. The \fBdovecot_storage_version\fR setting defaults to the latest version, but can be overridden with 
.RE 0

.RE 0

.P
\fB-k\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just \fBimport_environment\fR setting.
.RE 0

.RE 0

.P
\fB-v\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
.RE 0

.RE 0

.P
\fB-i\fR \fIinstance-name\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
If using multiple Dovecot instances, choose the config file based on this instance name.
.P
See \fBinstance_name\fR setting for more information.
.RE 0

.RE 0

.P
\fB-c\fR \fIconfig-file\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Read configuration from the given \fIconfig-file\fR. By default it first reads config socket, and then falls back to \fI/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf\fR. You can also point this to config socket of some instance running compatible version.
.RE 0

.RE 0

.P
\fB-o\fR \fIsetting\fR\fB=\fR\fIvalue\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Overrides the configuration \fIsetting\fR from \fI/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf\fR and from the userdb with the given \fIvalue\fR. In order to override multiple settings, the \fB-o\fR option may be specified multiple times.
.RE 0

.RE 0

.SH "OPTIONS"
.P
\fB-a\fR \fIanvil_socket_path\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
This option is used to specify an alternative socket. The option's argument is either an absolute path to a local UNIX domain socket, or a hostname and port (\fIhostname\fR:\fIport\fR), in order to connect a remote host via a TCP socket.
.P
By default doveadm(1) will use the socket 
.RE 0

.RE 0

.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.P
\fIip\fR \[lB]/\fImask\fR\[rB]
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
To reduce/filter the output supply an IP address or a network range in CIDR notation (ip/mask).
.RE 0

.RE 0

.SH "EXAMPLE"
.P
.RS 2
.nf
doveadm penalty
.fi
.RE
.P
.RS 2
.nf
IP               penalty last_penalty        last_update
192.0.2.222            3 2010-06-15 15:19:27 15:19:27
192.0.2.53             3 2010-06-15 15:19:34 15:19:34
.fi
.RE
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
.P
Report bugs, including \fIdoveconf -n\fR output, to the Dovecot Mailing List \fI\(ladovecot@dovecot.org\(ra\fR. Information about reporting bugs is available at: https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.P
doveadm(1)