diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/UpdateMailboxStats.php b/app/Console/Commands/UpdateMailboxStats.php
index bbe4660..627f1eb 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/UpdateMailboxStats.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/UpdateMailboxStats.php
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 <?php
 
+
 namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
 use App\Models\MailUser;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 
 class UpdateMailboxStats extends Command
 {
     protected $signature = 'mail:update-stats {--user=}';
-    protected $description = 'Aktualisiert Mailquota und Nachrichtenzahl für alle Mailboxen (oder einen spezifischen Benutzer)';
+    protected $description = 'Aktualisiert Mailquota und Nachrichtenzahl (Dovecot doveadm)';
 
     public function handle(): int
     {
         $query = MailUser::query()->where('is_active', true);
-
         if ($email = $this->option('user')) {
             $query->where('email', $email);
         }
@@ -22,31 +23,118 @@ class UpdateMailboxStats extends Command
 
         foreach ($users as $u) {
             $email = $u->email;
-            $domain = explode('@', $email)[1];
-            $local  = explode('@', $email)[0];
-            $path   = "/var/mail/vhosts/{$domain}/{$local}";
 
-            $usedBytes = 0;
-            $messageCount = 0;
+            [$messages, $vsize] = $this->fetchViaDoveadm($email);
 
-            if (is_dir($path)) {
-                $usedBytes = (int) trim(shell_exec('du -sb '.escapeshellarg($path).' 2>/dev/null | cut -f1'));
-            }
-
-            $out = trim(shell_exec('doveadm mailbox status -u '.escapeshellarg($email).' messages INBOX 2>/dev/null'));
-            if (preg_match('/messages=(\d+)/', $out, $m)) {
-                $messageCount = (int) $m[1];
+            if ($messages === null || $vsize === null) {
+                if (config('mailpool.fallback_du')) {
+                    [$messages, $vsize] = $this->fallbackDu($email);
+                }
             }
 
             $u->update([
-                'used_bytes' => $usedBytes,
-                'message_count' => $messageCount,
+                'message_count' => (int)($messages ?? 0),
+                'used_bytes' => (int)($vsize ?? 0),
                 'stats_refreshed_at' => now(),
             ]);
 
-            $this->info(sprintf("%-35s  %6.1f MiB  %4d Nachrichten", $email, $usedBytes / 1024 / 1024, $messageCount));
+            $this->line(sprintf(
+                '%-35s  %6.1f MiB  %5d msgs',
+                $email,
+                ($vsize ?? 0) / 1024 / 1024,
+                $messages ?? 0
+            ));
         }
 
+        $this->info('Mailbox-Statistiken aktualisiert.');
         return Command::SUCCESS;
     }
+
+    /** @return array{0:int|null,1:int|null} [messages, vsize] */
+    private function fetchViaDoveadm(string $email): array
+    {
+        $bin = config('mailpool.doveadm');
+        $sudo = config('mailpool.doveadm_sudo');
+
+        $cmd = [$bin, 'mailbox', 'status', '-u', $email, 'messages', 'vsize', 'INBOX'];
+        if ($sudo) array_unshift($cmd, 'sudo', '-n');
+
+        $p = new Process($cmd);
+        $p->setTimeout(10);
+        $p->run();
+
+        if (!$p->isSuccessful()) {
+            return [null, null];
+        }
+
+        $out = trim($p->getOutput());
+        $messages = preg_match('/\bmessages=(\d+)/', $out, $m) ? (int)$m[1] : null;
+        $vsize = preg_match('/\bvsize=(\d+)/', $out, $m) ? (int)$m[1] : null;
+
+        return [$messages, $vsize];
+    }
+
+    /** Fallback mit du (nur Größe, keine Message-Zählung) */
+    private function fallbackDu(string $email): array
+    {
+        [$local, $domain] = explode('@', $email, 2);
+        $path = rtrim(config('mailpool.mailroot'), '/') . "/{$domain}/{$local}";
+
+        $p = new Process(['bash', '-lc', 'du -sb ' . escapeshellarg($path) . ' 2>/dev/null | cut -f1']);
+        $p->setTimeout(10)->run();
+
+        $bytes = $p->isSuccessful() ? (int)trim($p->getOutput()) : 0;
+        return [null, $bytes];
+    }
 }
+//
+//namespace App\Console\Commands;
+//
+//use App\Models\MailUser;
+//use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+//
+//class UpdateMailboxStats extends Command
+//{
+//    protected $signature = 'mail:update-stats {--user=}';
+//    protected $description = 'Aktualisiert Mailquota und Nachrichtenzahl für alle Mailboxen (oder einen spezifischen Benutzer)';
+//
+//    public function handle(): int
+//    {
+//        $query = MailUser::query()->where('is_active', true);
+//
+//        if ($email = $this->option('user')) {
+//            $query->where('email', $email);
+//        }
+//
+//        $users = $query->get();
+//
+//        foreach ($users as $u) {
+//            $email = $u->email;
+//            $domain = explode('@', $email)[1];
+//            $local  = explode('@', $email)[0];
+//            $path   = "/var/mail/vhosts/{$domain}/{$local}";
+//
+//            $usedBytes = 0;
+//            $messageCount = 0;
+//
+//            if (is_dir($path)) {
+//                $usedBytes = (int) trim(shell_exec('du -sb '.escapeshellarg($path).' 2>/dev/null | cut -f1'));
+//            }
+//
+//            $out = trim(shell_exec('doveadm mailbox status -u '.escapeshellarg($email).' messages INBOX 2>/dev/null'));
+//            if (preg_match('/messages=(\d+)/', $out, $m)) {
+//                $messageCount = (int) $m[1];
+//            }
+//
+//            $u->update([
+//                'used_bytes' => $usedBytes,
+//                'message_count' => $messageCount,
+//                'stats_refreshed_at' => now(),
+//            ]);
+//
+//            $this->info(sprintf("%-35s  %6.1f MiB  %4d Nachrichten", $email, $usedBytes / 1024 / 1024, $messageCount));
+//        }
+//
+//        return Command::SUCCESS;
+//    }
+//}
diff --git a/config/mailpool.php b/config/mailpool.php
index 0e5c1a1..05cda8f 100644
--- a/config/mailpool.php
+++ b/config/mailpool.php
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ return [
     'spf_extra'    => array_filter(explode(',', env('MAILPOOL_SPF_EXTRA', ''))),
     'dmarc_policy' => env('MAILPOOL_DMARC_POLICY', 'none'),
 
+    'doveadm' => env('MAILPOOL_DOVEADM', '/usr/bin/doveadm'),
+    'doveadm_sudo' => (bool) env('MAILPOOL_DOVEADM_SUDO', false),
+    'mailroot' => env('MAILPOOL_MAILROOT', '/var/mail/vhosts'),
+    'fallback_du' => (bool) env('MAILPOOL_FALLBACK_DU', true),
+
     'defaults' => [
         'dkim_selector'                 => 'mwl1',
         'dkim_bits'                     => 2048,