1DBMAIL-LMTPD(8) DBMAIL-LMTPD(8)
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6 dbmail-lmtpd - receive messages from an MTA supporting the Lightweight
7 Mail Transport Protocol, as specified in RFC 2033.
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10 dbmail-lmtpd [-f configfile] [-p pidfile] [-nvVh]
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13 The dbmail-lmtpd daemon will spawn child processes as specified in the
14 dbmail.conf file. These processes listen, by default, on port 24 of the
15 localhost interface. Mail Transfer Agents, MTA's such as Postfix and
16 Exim, speak LMTP to their Mail Delivery Agents which receive and store
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21 Specify an alternate pid file. The daemons are currently hardcoded
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27 No daemonize. The program remains attached to the console from which
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33 Specify an alternate config file. The utilities are currently
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39 Quietly skip interactive prompts and helpful status messages which
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44 Operate verbosely. Some of the utilities in the DBMail suite can
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50 Show the version and copyright, then exit.
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53 Show a brief summary of options, then exit.
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56 If you experience inexplicable problems with DBMail, please report the
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60 DBMail and its components are distributed under the terms of the GNU
61 General Public License. Copyrights are held variously by the authors
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65 DBMail is a collaborative effort among the core developers listed below
66 and the tremendous help of the testers, patchers and bug hunters listed
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70 Eelco van Beek Aaron Stone Paul J Stevens
71 Roel Rozendaal Open Source Engineer NFG Net Facilities Group BV
72 Ilja Booij Palo Alto, CA USA http://www.nfg.nl
73 IC&S http://hydricacid.com
74 Koningsweg 4
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76 http://www.ic-s.nl
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80 1. DBMail Bug Tracker
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