<html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> <meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> <title>IMAPD</title> </head> <body> <h1 align=center>IMAPD</h1> <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> <a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br> <a href="#FILES">FILES</a><br> <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> <hr> <!-- Creator : groff version 1.18 --> <!-- CreationDate: Mon Feb 14 13:02:17 2005 --> <a name="NAME"></a> <h2>NAME</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p>imapd − IMAP server process</p> </td> </table></p> <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>imapd</b> [ <b>−C</b> <i>config-file</i> ] [ <b>−U</b> <i>uses</i> ] [ <b>−T</b> <i>timeout</i> ] [ <b>−D</b> ]<br> [ <b>−s</b> ] [ <b>−p</b> <i>ssf</i> ]</p> </td> </table></p> <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><i>Imapd</i> is an IMAP4rev1 server. It accepts commands on its standard input and responds on its standard output. It MUST be invoked by <i>master</i>(8) with those descriptors attached to a remote client connection.</p> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><i>Imapd</i> reads its configuration options out of the <i>imapd.conf</i>(5) file unless specified otherwise by <b>-C</b>.</p> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p>If the file msg/shutdown is created under the directory specified in the <i>configdirectory</i> configuration option, then <i>imapd</i> will shut down the connection, sending the first line contained in the file to the client as the reason. New connections are denied.</p> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p>If the file msg/motd is created under the directory specified in the <i>configdirectory</i> configuration option, then <i>imapd</i> will send the first line contained in the file to clients upon connect as an ALERT message which IMAP-compliant clients are required to display. This option serves to annoy users mostly. Unfortunately clients tend to connect far more frequently than is apparent, causing each connection to generate a seperate server ALERT for each connection. Many clients do not display these properly, if they do anything with them at all.</p> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p>If the directory log/<i>user</i> exists under the directory specified in the <i>configdirectory</i> configuration option, then <i>imapd</i> will create protocol telemetry logs for sessions authenticating as <i>user</i>. The telemetry logs will be stored in the log/<i>user</i> directory with a filename of the <i>imapd</i> process-id.</p> </td> </table></p> <a name="OPTIONS"></a> <h2>OPTIONS</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−C</b> <i>config-file</i></p></td> </table></p> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>Read configuration options from <i>config-file</i>.</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−U</b> <i>uses</i></p></td> </table></p> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>The maximum number of times that the process should be used for new connections before shutting down. The default is 250.</p> </td> </table> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>−T</b> <i>timeout</i></p></td> </table></p> <!-- INDENTATION --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td> <td width="77%"> <p>The number of seconds that the process will wait for a new connection before shutting down. Note that a value of 0 (zero) will disable the timeout. The default is 60.</p> </td> </table> <!-- TABS --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="3" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="10%"> <p><b>−D</b></p> </td> <td width="77%"> <p>Run external debugger specified in debug_command.</p> </td> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="10%"> <p><b>−s</b></p> </td> <td width="77%"> <p>Serve IMAP over SSL (imaps). All data to and from <i>imapd</i> is encrypted using the Secure Sockets Layer.</p> </td> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="10%"> <p><b>−p</b> <i>ssf</i></p> </td> <td width="77%"> <p>Tell <i>imapd</i> that an external layer exists. An SSF (security strength factor) of 1 means an integrity protection layer exists. Any higher SSF implies some form of privacy protection.</p> </td> </table></p> <a name="FILES"></a> <h2>FILES</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>/etc/imapd.conf</b></p></td> </table></p> <a name="SEE ALSO"></a> <h2>SEE ALSO</h2> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> <td width="89%"> <p><b>imapd.conf(5)</b>, <b>master(8)</b></p> </td> </table></p> <hr> </body> </html>