dbmail-imapd
DBMAIL-IMAPD(8)
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NAME
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dbmail-imapd - provides access to the DBMail system to clients supporting
Internet Message Access Protocol, IMAP4r1, as specified in RFC 3501.
SYNOPSIS
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dbmail-imapd [-f configfile] [-p pidfile] [-nvVh]
DESCRIPTION
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The dbmail-imapd daemon is a fully featured IMAP4r1 server.
OPTIONS
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-p pidfile::
Specify an alternate pid file. By default the daemons use dbmail-<daemon>.pid
for their pid files, saving them in the directory specified by the
pid_directory entry in dbmail.conf or if that does not exist the value set by
the configuration option --localstatedir, and will halt if the pid file
cannot be written. Use the -p pidfile option to place the pid file in
your system's preferred location.
-n::
No daemonize: inetd mode. The program remains attached to the console from
which it was started and will read and write on stdin/stdout. This is quite
useful for debugging when combined with the -v option. It is also used for
running from (x)inetd.
-D::
No daemonize: init mode. The program remains attached to the console and will
listen on the network sockets defined in dbmail.conf. This is mostly used
when running from inittab or under the control of daemontools.
COMMON OPTIONS
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-f configfile::
Specify an alternate config file. The utilities are currently
hardcoded to use /etc/dbmail.conf for their configs, and will
halt if the config file cannot be found. Use the -f configfile
option to specify your system's preferred config file location.
Debian is patched to have /etc/dbmail/dbmail.conf as the default.
-q::
Quietly skip interactive prompts and helpful status messages
which would otherwise be printed to stdout. Use two -q's to
silence errors which would otherwise be printed to stderr.
-v::
Operate verbosely. Some of the utilities in the DBMail suite
can take two -v's for extra verbosity. Those which don't understand
this convention won't complain about having the extra -v
and will simply operate at their normal verbosity.
-V::
Show the version and copyright, then exit.
-h::
Show a brief summary of options, then exit.
EXAMPLE
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For xinetd:::
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# /etc/xinet.d/dbmail-imap
#
service imap
{
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/local/sbin/dbmail-imapd
protocol = tcp
server_args = -n
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = no
}
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For stunnel:::
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pid = /var/run/stunnel.pid
cert = /etc/stunnel/yourkeys.pem
# The next two sections will turn stunnel
# into a 'secure inetd'. This is mutually
# exclusive with the proxy sections below.
[dbmail-pop3d]
accept = 995
exec = /usr/local/sbin/dbmail-pop3d
execargs = dbmail-pop3d -n
[dbmail-imapd]
accept = 993
exec = /usr/local/sbin/dbmail-imapd
execargs = dbmail-imapd -n
# The next two sections will proxy
# from the secure protocol over to
# the insecure protocol. In this case,
# use BINDIP=localhost in dbmail.conf!
[pop3s]
accept = 995
connect = 110
[imaps]
accept = 993
connect = 143
# Useful if your preferred SMTP server doesn't do SSL/TLS.
# This is with your MTA configuration, not DBMail, per se.
[ssmtp]
accept = 465
connect = 25
