Starts the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) server process over TSL/SSL.
imapds [-c]
The imapds command is an IMAP4 server. It supports the IMAP4 remote mail access protocol. Also, it accepts commands on its standard input and responds on its standard output. You normally invoke the imapds command with the inetd daemon with those descriptors attached to a remote client connection.
The imapds command works with the existing mail infrastructure consisting of sendmail and bellmail.
Item | Description |
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-c | Suppresses the reverse host name lookup. |
All error and status information is written to a logfile if syslogd is configured for logging.
The imapds daemon is a PAM-enabled application with a service name of imap. System-wide configuration to use PAM for authentication is set by modifying the value of the auth_type attribute, in the usw stanza of /etc/security/login.cfg, to PAM_AUTH as the root user.
#
# AIX imap configuration
#
imap auth required /usr/lib/security/pam_aix
imap session required /usr/lib/security/pam_aix
Item | Description |
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/usr/sbin/imapds | Contains the imapds command. |
/etc/services | Specifies the file with port assignments for required services.
The following entry must be in this file:
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