SYNC_RESET(8)

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version 3.12.3 · 5 versions
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💀 SYNC_RESET 💀

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and put both hands where I can see them, because we're looking at sync_reset from the Cyrus IMAP manual, section 8. yes, the number 8. yes, scary. this is the account reset utility and the docs literally just say DANGER. in the one-line summary. that's it. that's the vibe. no cap. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

sync_reset — Cyrus IMAP documentation, and also, um, an account reset utility. DANGER. 😭

like I said. the summary section itself is screaming. that's iconic behaviour honestly.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

sync_reset [ -C config-file ] [ -v ] [ -f ]

three little flags between you and chaos, bestie. remember them. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea: sync_reset is a small utility program whose whole entire job is to destroy user accounts on a system. not edit. not archive. not "soft delete and think about it". destroy. it is giving unhinged on purpose. 💀

the only safeguard which is in place is the obligatory force option. that's the one (1) seatbelt on this entire rollercoaster, and you have to buckle it yourself.

and for its configuration, sync_reset reads its options out of the imapd.conf(5) file — unless you tell it otherwise with -C. so it knows where to look, you just have to say so if you want somewhere else. 🦋

🧚 OPTIONS 🧚

  • -C config-file — use the specified configuration file config-file instead of the default imapd.conf(5). you're the main character, pick your own config. 👑
  • -v, --verbose — verbose mode. it will tell you more about what it's doing, which, given what it's doing, is arguably a warning feature. 🙈
  • -f, --force — force operation. and listen, this one is load-bearing: without this flag sync_reset just bails out with an error. the reason it exists is, and I quote the vibe here, principally to try and prevent accidents with command autorepeat. you know how you hold down Enter or the shell goes brrr through your history? yeah. that's the horror movie this flag is trying to prevent. do not skip it, do not autopilot it. 🫶

🌈 FILES 🌈

  • /etc/imapd.conf

the default config bestie. home of the settings. 🏠

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read it, iykyk. ✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

The Cyrus Team, David Carter (dpc22@cam.ac.uk), Ken Murchison (ken@oceana.com), Nic Bernstein (Onlight)

legends, fr fr. give them their flowers. 💐

1993–2026, The Cyrus Team

bestie warning, for real: this thing destroys user accounts. the force flag is the only safeguard. read it twice. then read it again. then maybe don't. 💅

and that's the whole page, my love — this was SYNC_RESET(8) from Cyrus IMAP, version 3.12.3, dated Jul 15, 2026. slay responsibly. don't reset your friends. 🎀🦋✨

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