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.

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 useful for debugging when combined with the -v option. It is also used for running from (x)inetd.

No daemonize: The program remains attached to the console and will listen on the network sockets defined in dbmail.conf. This is mostly used for xinetd (Extended Internet Service Daemon)

Specify an alternate config file.

Use dbmail-<utility> --help to show the default location.

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.

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.

Show the version and copyright, then exit.

Show a brief summary of options, then exit.

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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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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
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Alan Hicks          Persistent Objects Ltd https://p-o.co.uk
Eelco van Beek      Aaron Stone            Paul J Stevens
Roel Rozendaal      Open Source Engineer   NFG Net Facilities Group BV
Ilja Booij          Palo Alto, CA USA      http://www.nfg.nl
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