---
name: "doveadm-penalty"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dovecot"
version: "2.4.5-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/doveadm-penalty"
---

# doveadm-penalty(1)

Show current penalties

## NAME

**doveadm-penalty** - Show current penalties

## SYNOPSIS

**doveadm** \[*GLOBAL OPTIONS*\] **penalty** \[**-a** *anvil\_socket\_path*\] \[*ip* \[**/** *mask*\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **doveadm penalty** command can be used to see the current penalties.

## GLOBAL OPTIONS

Global [doveadm(1)](/doveadm/1.md) *options*:

- **-D**

  Enables *verbosity* and debug messages.

- **-O**

  Do not read any config file, just use defaults. The **dovecot\_storage\_version** setting defaults to the latest version, but can be overridden with **-o**.

- **-k**

  Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just **import\_environment** setting.

- **-v**

  Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

- **-i** *instance-name*

  If using multiple Dovecot instances, choose the config file based on this instance name.

  See **instance\_name** setting for more information.

- **-c** *config-file*

  Read configuration from the given *config-file*. By default it first reads config socket, and then falls back to */etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf*. You can also point this to config socket of some instance running compatible version.

- **-o** *setting***=***value*

  Overrides the configuration *setting* from */etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf* and from the userdb with the given *value*. In order to override multiple settings, the **-o** option may be specified multiple times.

## OPTIONS

- **-a** *anvil\_socket\_path*

  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 (*hostname*:*port*), in order to connect a remote host via a TCP socket.

  By default [doveadm(1)](/doveadm/1.md) will use the socket */rundir/anvil*. The socket may be located in another directory, when the default *base\_dir* setting was overridden in */etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf*.

## ARGUMENTS

*ip* \[/*mask*\]

To reduce/filter the output supply an IP address or a network range in CIDR notation (ip/mask).

## EXAMPLE

```
doveadm penalty
```

```
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
```

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs, including *doveconf -n* output, to the Dovecot Mailing List *⟨dovecot@dovecot.org⟩*. Information about reporting bugs is available at: *⟨https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html⟩*

## SEE ALSO

[doveadm(1)](/doveadm/1.md)