<html> <head> <meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> </head> <body> <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="#/etc/imapd.conf">/etc/imapd.conf</a><br> <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> <!-- Creator : groff version 1.15 --> <!-- CreationDate: Mon Feb 3 16:31:15 2003 --> <!-- Total number of pages: 1 --> <!-- Page: 1 --> <!-- left margin: 100 --> <!-- right margin: 750 --> <a name="NAME"></a><h2>NAME</h2><p><font size=3>imapd - IMAP server process</p> <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a><h2>SYNOPSIS</h2><p><font size=3><B>imapd</B> <font size=3>[ <font size=3><B>-C</B> <font size=3><I>config-file</I> <font size=3>] [ <font size=3><B>-U</B> <font size=3><I>uses</I> <font size=3>] [ <font size=3><B>-T</B> <font size=3><I>timeout</I> <font size=3>] [ <font size=3><B>-D</B> <font size=3>]<br> <span style=" text-indent: 0.1800in;"></span>[ <font size=3><B>-s</B> <font size=3>] [ <font size=3><B>-p</B> <font size=3><I>ssf</I> <font size=3>]</p> <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p><font size=3><I>Imapd</I> <font size=3>is an IMAP4rev1 server. It accepts commands on its standard input and responds on its standard output. It MUST be invoked by <font size=3><I>master</I><font size=3>(8) with those descriptors attached to a remote client connection.</p> <p><font size=3><I>Imapd</I> <font size=3>reads its configuration options out of the <font size=3><I>imapd.conf</I><font size=3>(5) file unless specified otherwise by <font size=3><B>-C</B><font size=3>.</p> <p><font size=3>If the file msg/shutdown is created under the directory specified in the <font size=3><I>configdirectory</I> <font size=3>configuration option, then <font size=3><I>imapd</I> <font size=3>will shut down the connection, sending the first line contained in the file to the client as the reason. New connections are denied.</p> <p><font size=3>If the file msg/motd is created under the directory specified in the <font size=3><I>configdirectory</I> <font size=3>configuration option, then <font size=3><I>imapd</I> <font size=3>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 con- nection. Many clients do not display these properly, if they do anything with them at all.</p> <p><font size=3>If the directory log/<font size=3><I>user</I> <font size=3>exists under the directory specified in the <font size=3><I>configdirectory</I> <font size=3>configuration option, then <font size=3><I>imapd</I> <font size=3>will create protocol telemetry logs for sessions authenticating as <font size=3><I>user</I><font size=3>. The telemetry logs will be stored in the log/<font size=3><I>user</I> <font size=3>directory with a filename of the <font size=3><I>imapd</I> <font size=3>process-id.</p> <a name="OPTIONS"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2> <table width="100%" rules="none" frame="none" cols="3"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left" width="12.6154%"> <p><font size=3><B>-C</B> <font size=3><I>config-file</p> </I><p><font size=3><B>-U</B> <font size=3><I>uses</p> </I></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="7.3846%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="80.0000%"> <p><font size=3>Read configuration options from <font size=3><I>config-file</I><font size=3>.</p> <p><font size=3>The maximum number of times that the process should be used for new connections before shutting down. The default is 250.</p> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left" width="12.6154%"> <p><font size=3><B>-T</B> <font size=3><I>timeout</p> </I></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="7.3846%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="80.0000%"> <p><font size=3>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> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left" width="12.6154%"> <p><font size=3><B>-D</p> </B><p><font size=3><B>-s</p> </B></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="7.3846%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="80.0000%"> <p><font size=3>Run external debugger specified in debug_command.</p> <p><font size=3>Serve IMAP over SSL (imaps). All data to and from <font size=3><I>imapd</I> <font size=3>is encrypted using the Secure Sockets Layer.</p> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left" width="12.6154%"> <p><font size=3><B>-p</B> <font size=3><I>ssf</p> </I></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="7.3846%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="80.0000%"> <p><font size=3>Tell <font size=3><I>imapd</I> <font size=3>that an external layer exists. An SSF (security strength factor) of 1 means an<br> integrity protection layer exists. Any higher SSF implies some form of privacy protection.</p> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left" width="12.6154%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="7.3846%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="80.0000%"> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <a name="FILES"></a><h2>FILES</h2><a name="/etc/imapd.conf"></a><h2>/etc/imapd.conf</h2><a name="SEE ALSO"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><font size=3><B>imapd.conf(5)</B><font size=3>, <font size=3><B>cyrus-master(8)</B><br> </p> </body> </html>