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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 Directory, 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/dovecot/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),

Darwin                                        October 15, 2009                                        Darwin

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