NAME
bincimapd - IMAP4rev1 server
SYNOPSIS
bincimap-up [ options... ] -- <authenticator> bincimapd
DESCRIPTION
Binc IMAP is a simple xinetd / tcpserver invoked IMAP4rev1 server with
support for Maildir. It is very easy to install and use.
To configure Binc IMAP, use either command line arguments,
configuration file entries, or a combination of both.
Note that command line arguments always override config file options.
OPTIONS
Command line arguments are optional. The default behavior is to inherit
options from bincimap-up through the environment. Passing arguments to
bincimapd will override settings inherited from bincimap-up.
bincimapd takes one optional unqualified argument in addition to
regular command line options: the Mailbox path. Appending a path as an
option to bincimapd will override any mailbox path set by command line
options or inherited from bincimap-up.
For a complete listing of options for bincimapd, see the bincimap-up
man page.
Local options are read through the file .bincimap, located at the
current working directory that bincimapd is invoked in, before it
enters the depository path.
FILES
All Binc IMAP’s configuration files use the same Binc::Storage format.
It’s basically a sequence of named sections enclosed in {braces}, each
containing a set of comma separated key=value pairs. The keys must be
alphanumeric, and the values can contain any character if it’s quoted.
$HOME/.bincimap
Local configurations file. This file has a similar structure to
the global bincimap.conf file, and it can be set by each user to
override both command line arguments and the global
configuration. It only works for a few selected options, though.
$HOME/<maildepot>/.../bincimap-uidvalidity
This file contains a version number, and the UIDNEXT and
UIDVALIDITY values for the given mailbox.
$HOME/<maildepot>/.../bincimap-cache
This file contains a version number, and it stores the UID
values for each message, along with (optionally) some cached
information.
ENVIRONMENT
bincimapd reads its configuration from the environment, as passed by
bincimap-up. In addition, bincimapd reads the variable BINCIMAP_LOGIN
which contains a message from bincimap-up with the tag and command used
to authenticate, separated by a +. If the tag and command used to
authenticate were "1 LOGIN", then BINCIMAP_LOGIN would be set to
"LOGIN+1".
Note that it is essential that the authenticator invoked by bincimap-up
does not clear the environment.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Andreas Aardal Hanssen
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty.
NOTE
Please report any bugs to the Binc IMAP mailing list. Before posting
your bug, check out the Binc IMAP official home page for a list of
mailing list archives to browse.
Mailing list: <binc@bincimap.org>
Developers’ mailing list: <binc-dev@bincimap.org>
Announcements list: <binc-news@bincimap.org>
Subscribing to a mailing list: <binc-subscribe@bincimap.org>
Home page: http://www.bincimap.org/
AUTHOR
Andreas Aardal Hanssen <andreas-binc@bincimap.org>
SEE ALSO
multilog(8) supervise(8) tcpserver(1) bincimapd.conf(5) bincimap-up(1)
xinetd(8) xinetd.conf(5)
Note: The first three man pages are available for download from
http://www.qmail.org/.
bincimapd(1)