Thanks for answering and sorry to disturb you again. I thought that to
install an imap server should as easy (I mean not impossible) than installing
a pop/smtp server.
Because we read through the docs you can't find, create a full
ldap/imap/pop mailserver and ask for money for it we're MS now?
imap/pop is enough and pop is already running with Postfix
My point was that you didn't include any of the information in the
first place...what an I supposed to guess?
My problem at the beginning was which info or doc
I saw that...it suggests that maybe you were starting the daemon
twice (once from inetd and once from the cyrus init script) but I
don't know since I couldn't see the logs or inetd.conf.
Thus there is a cyrus init script. I suppose it is /etc/cyrus.config. I
already send it nth times and I supposed nobody could read it (I have
personaly trouble interpreting it).
# standard standalone server implementation
START {
# do not delete these entries!
mboxlist cmd="ctl_mboxlist -r"
deliver cmd="ctl_deliver -r"
# this is only necessary if using idled for IMAP IDLE
# idled cmd="idled"
}
# UNIX sockets start with a slash and are put into /var/imap/socket
SERVICES {
# add or remove based on preferences
imap cmd="imapd" listen="imap" prefork=0
# imaps cmd="imapd -s" listen="imaps" prefork=0
pop3 cmd="pop3d" listen="pop3" prefork=0
# pop3s cmd="pop3d -s" listen="pop3s" prefork=0
# sieve cmd="timsieved" listen="sieve" prefork=0
-----
### Comment: I uncommented imaps, pop3s because it is too early to play with
###SSL.
### Sieve too: for later
-----
# at least one LMTP is required for delivery
lmtp cmd="lmtpd" listen="lmtp" prefork=0
# lmtpunix cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/imap/socket/lmtp" prefork=0
-----
###Comment: difference between lmtp and lmtpunix?
###I tried to find a manual who could explain me clerly the meaning of
prefork.
-----
==============================
Here is inetd.conf: I still need to uncomment a few lines (rlogin ...)
imap line I uncommented it then recommented it but nothing changed.
# See "man 8 inetd" for more information.
#
# If you make changes to this file, either reboot your machine or send the
# inetd a HUP signal with "/sbin/init.d/inetd reload" or by hand:
# Do a "ps x" as root and look up the pid of inetd. Then do a
# "kill -HUP <pid of inetd>".
# The inetd will re-read this file whenever it gets that signal.
#
# <proto> <flags> <user> <args>
#
# echo stream tcp nowait root internal
# echo dgram udp wait root internal
# discard stream tcp nowait root internal
# discard dgram udp wait root internal
# daytime stream tcp nowait root internal
# daytime dgram udp wait root internal
# chargen stream tcp nowait root internal
# chargen dgram udp wait root internal
time stream tcp nowait root internal
time dgram udp wait root internal
#
# These are standard services.
#
# ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd wu.ftpd -a
# ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd proftpd
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd
#
# If you want telnetd not to "keep-alives" (e.g. if it runs over a ISDN
# uplink), add "-n". See 'man telnetd' for more details.
telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd
# nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode
# smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/sendmail sendmail -bs
# printer stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/lpd -i
#
# Shell, login, exec and talk are BSD protocols.
# The option "-h" permits ``.rhosts'' files for the superuser. Please look at
# man-page of rlogind and rshd to see more configuration possibilities about
# .rhosts files.
shell stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.rshd -L
# shell stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.rshd -aL
#
# If you want rlogind not to "keep-alives" (e.g. if it runs over a ISDN
# uplink), add "-n". See 'man rlogind' for more details.
login stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.rlogind
# login stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.rlogind -a
# exec stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.rexecd
talk dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.talkd
ntalk dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.talkd
#
#
# Pop et al
#
# pop2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.pop2d
pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/popper -s
#
# Imapd - Interactive Mail Access Protocol server
# Attention: This service is very insecure
# imap stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd imapd
#
# Comsat - has to do with mail.
#
# comsat dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.comsat
#
# The Internet UUCP service.
#
# uucp stream tcp nowait uucp /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/uucp/uucico -l
#
# Tftp service is provided primarily for booting. Most sites
# run this only on machines acting as "boot servers."
#
# tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.tftpd -s
/tftpboot
# bootps dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/bootpd bootpd -c /tftpboot
#
# Finger, systat and netstat give out user information which may be
# valuable to potential "system crackers." Many sites choose to disable
# some or all of these services to improve security.
# Try "telnet localhost systat" and "telnet localhost netstat" to see that
# information yourself!
#
# finger stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd in.fingerd -w
# systat stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /bin/ps -auwwx
# netstat stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /bin/netstat -a
#
# For man on the fly and ht://dig (full text search)
#
http-rman stream tcp nowait.10000 nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/http-rman
#
# For XCept4
#
# btx stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/xcept4/bin/ceptd
-i/usr/lib/xcept4/etc/init.ceptd -u/usr/lib/xcept4/etc/users.ceptd
-l/var/log/log.ceptd
#
# For rplay daemon
#
# Old versions of rplay:
# rplay dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd rplayd -b 8192 -c 60 -s 8192
# New Versions of rplay (>=3.3.0)
# rplay dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd rplayd -t 30 -c 60 -s 16384 -F0
--inetd
#
# vbox (Voice Box)
# vboxd stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/vboxd
#
# For midinetd
# midinet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.midinetd
#
# swat is the Samba Web Administration Tool
# swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/swat swat
#
#
# amanda backup server with indexing capabilities
# amandaidx stream tcp nowait root /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd amindexd
# amidxtape stream tcp nowait root /usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped amidxtaped
#
# amanda backup client
# amanda dgram udp wait amanda /usr/lib/amanda/amandad amandad
#
# the rsync daemon
# rsync stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/rsyncd --daemon
#
#
# Mimer database
# mimer stream tcp nowait root /opt/mimer/bin/mimtcp mimtcp -l
#
# CVS pserver (remote acces to your CVS repositories)
# Please read the section on security and passwords in the CVS manual,
# before you enable this.
# cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/cvs
--allow-root=/home/cvsroot pserver
#
# procstatd deamon (cluster software)
# procstatd stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/procstatd -i
7885
#
# End.
=========================================
Here is imapd.conf:
Problem: which password check to choose. It is not clear.
In /etc/pam.d there is well an imap file.
configdirectory: /var/imap
partition-default: /var/spool/imap
admins: cyrus
allowanonymouslogin: no
autocreatequota: 10000
reject8bit: no
quotawarn: 90
timeout: 30
sasl_pwcheck_method: pam
===========================
Sorry I don't have enough pocket money to buy Email server III.
I don't either, but whether your boss spends the money on a "canned"
solution (Sendmail has a very nice one, ours, or whatever) or pays
you for 20 hours to build one yourself he's still spending the
money.
Of course ...
Not easy to convince a majority of MS or Apple users to try Linux
when you are the only person to know something (even little) about
servers configuration.
I don't know about MS, but I don't see how setting up something like
this on OSX will be any easier.
I know that it will not be obvious with MacOSX, that's why I prefer SuSE/Linux
