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LMTPD(8)                                                                                            LMTPD(8)



NAME
       lmtpd - LMTP server process

SYNOPSIS
       lmtpd [ -C config-file ] [ -U uses ] [ -T timeout ] [ -D ]
             [ -a ]

DESCRIPTION
       Lmtpd is an LMTP server used to deliver mail to the IMAP mailstore.  It accepts commands on its stan-dard standard
       dard input and responds on its standard output.  It MUST be invoked by master(8) with those  descrip-tors descriptors
       tors attached to a remote client connection.

       Lmtpd reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file unless specified otherwise by -C.

OPTIONS
       -C config-file
              Read configuration options from config-file.

       -U uses
              The maximum number of times that the process should be used for new connections  before  shut-ting shutting
              ting down.  The default is 250.

       -T timeout
              The  number  of  seconds that the process will wait for a new connection before shutting down.
              Note that a value of 0 (zero) will disable the timeout.  The default is 60.

       -D     Run external debugger specified in debug_command.

       -a     Preauthorize connections initiated on an internet socket,  instead  of  requiring  LMTP  AUTH.
              This should only be used for connections coming from trusted hosts.

FILES
       /etc/imapd.conf

SEE ALSO
       imapd.conf(5), master(8)



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