pop3d

Langue: en

Version: November 2008 (ubuntu - 08/07/09)

Section: 8 (Commandes administrateur)

NAME

pop3d - the POP3 daemon

SYNOPSIS

pop3d [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

GNU pop3d -- the POP3 daemon
General options
--delete-expired
Delete expired messages upon closing the mailbox
--expire=DAYS
Expire read messages after the given number of days
--tls-required
Always require STLS before entering authentication phase
-u, --undelete
Undelete all messages on startup
Login delay control
--login-delay=SECONDS
Allowed delay between the two successive logins
--stat-file=FILENAME
Name of login statistics file
Bulletin control
--bulletin-db=FILE
Set the bulletin database file name
--bulletin-source=MBOX Set source mailbox to get bulletins from
Daemon configuration options
-d, --daemon[=NUMBER]
Runs in daemon mode with a maximum of NUMBER children
-i, --inetd
Run in inetd mode
-p, --port=PORT
Listen on specified port number
-P, --pidfile=FILE
Set PID file
-t, --timeout=NUMBER
Set idle timeout value to NUMBER seconds
-x, --transcript
Output session transcript via syslog
Authentication options
--authentication=MODLIST
Set the list of modules to be used for authentication
--authorization=MODLIST
Set list of modules to be used for authorization
--pam-service=STRING
Use STRING as PAM service name
--sql-db=STRING
Name of the database to connect to
--sql-field-map=MAP
Declare a name translation map for SQL fields in results of sql-getpwnam and sql-getpwuid queries
--sql-getpass=QUERY
SQL query to retrieve a password from the database
--sql-getpwnam=QUERY
SQL query to retrieve a passwd entry based on username
--sql-getpwuid=QUERY
SQL query to retrieve a passwd entry based on UID
--sql-host=HOSTNAME
Name or IP of MySQL server to connect to
--sql-interface=NAME
Type of SQL interface to use
--sql-passwd=STRING
SQL connection password
--sql-password-type=STRING
Type of password returned by --sql-getpass query. STRING is one of: plain, hash, scrambled
--sql-port=NUMBER
Port to use
--sql-user=NAME
SQL user name
--virtual-passwd-dir=DIR
Search for virtual passwd file in DIR
Encryption options
--ssl-cafile=FILE
Specify trusted CAs file
--ssl-cert=FILE
Specify SSL certificate file
--ssl-key=FILE
Specify SSL certificate key
Common options
--external-locker=PATH Set full path to the external locker program
--lock-expire-timeout=SECONDS
Number of seconds after which the lock expires
--lock-flags=FLAGS
Default locker flags (E=external, R=retry, T=time, P=pid)
--lock-retry-count=NUMBER
Set the maximum number of times to retry acquiring the lockfile
--lock-retry-timeout=SECONDS
Set timeout for acquiring the lockfile
-m, --mail-spool=URL
Use specified URL as a mailspool directory
--mailbox-type=PROTO
Default mailbox type to use
--log-facility=FACILITY
Output logs to syslog FACILITY
--license
Print license and exit
-?, --help
give this help list
--usage
give a short usage message
-V, --version
print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-mailutils@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO

The complete GNU mailutils manual is not available in Debian systems due to licensing reasons. You can find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:
http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.