Starts the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) server process.
imapd [-c]
The imapd 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 imapd command with the inetd daemon with those descriptors attached to a remote client connection.
The imapd 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 imapd 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/imapd | Contains the imapd command. |
/etc/services | Specifies the file with port assignments for required services.
The following entry must be in this file:
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