1IMAPD(8)                    System Manager's Manual                   IMAPD(8)
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NAME

6       IMAPd - Internet Message Access Protocol server
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SYNOPSIS

9       /usr/sbin/imapd
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DESCRIPTION

12       imapd  is a server which supports the IMAP4rev1 remote mail access pro‐
13       tocol as documented in RFC-3501.  imapd  is  invoked  by  the  internet
14       server  (see  inetd(8)),  normally  for requests to connect to the IMAP
15       port as indicated by the /etc/services file  (see  services(5)).   Nor‐
16       mally, this is port 143 for plaintext IMAP and 993 for SSL IMAP.
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18       This  daemons contains CRAM-MD5 support.  See the md5.txt documentation
19       file for additional information.
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21       imapd can also be accessed via rsh(1) by many Unix-based  clients.   To
22       do this, the imapd binary must have a link to /etc/rimapd since this is
23       where this software expects it to be located.
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SEE ALSO

26       rsh(1) ipopd(8)
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304.2 Berkeley Distribution       August 30, 2006                       IMAPD(8)