dovecotd(8) BSD System Manager's Manual dovecotd(8)
NAME
dovecotd,
SYNOPSIS
dovecotd, [-Fpan] [-c <config-file>] [--exec-mail <protocol> [<section>]]
DESCRIPTION
dovecotd is a POP3 and IMAP mail server that can work with standard mbox
and maildir formats. It is fully compatible with UW-IMAP and Courier
IMAP servers as well as mail clients accessing the mailboxes directly.
dovecotd can be setup to authenticate against LDAP, Apple's Open Direc-
tory, Postgres or MYSQL databases, but by default authentication is with
PAM(7). dovecotd is normally started during the system boot, and runs as
a background process but it can also be run through inetd(8) . In the
latter case, the /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login or /usr/libexec/dove-
cot/pop3-login binaries are run directly not /usr/sbin/dovecot. dovecotd
will log all of its activities according to syslog.
The options are as follows:
-F Start dovecot as foreground process (otherwise: start as daemon)
-p Ask for private SSL key password
-a Dump configuration and exit
-n Dump all non-default configuration items and exit
-c <config-file>
Use <config-file> as path to the configuration instead of
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
--version
Print version and exit
-build-options
Print build options and exit
--exec-mail <protocol> [<section>]
Start protocol from section
Caveat
If --exec-mail is used, it must be the last argument on the command line,
as <section> is an optional parameter, otherwise if no section is given
but another parameter follows, this parameter is used as section.
FILES
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Dovecot configuration file
/etc/dovecot/partition_map.conf
Custom alternate mail location map file which is maintained
by Server Admin.app
SEE ALSO
dovecotpw(8),
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