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NOTIFYD(8)                                                                                        NOTIFYD(8)



NAME
       notifyd - Cyrus notification server

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

DESCRIPTION
       Notifyd  is a daemon started from master(8) that handles notification requests on behalf of lmtpd(8).
       Notifyd accepts the request and performs the notification using the method specified in the  request.

       Note  that for notifyd to run properly you must set proto=udp in its cyrus.conf services entry.  pre-fork=1 prefork=1
       fork=1 is also recommended.

       Notifyd reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file unless specified  otherwise  by
       -C.   The  notifysocket  option  is used to specify the Unix domain socket to listen on for notifica-tions. notifications.
       tions.

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.

NOTIFICATION METHODS
       null   Ignore the notification request.

       log    Log the notification to syslog (for testing).

       mailto Email the notification.  This method can ONLY be  used  in  a  Sieve  'notify'  action  as  it
              requires a mailto: URL to be specified as an :option.

       zephyr Send the notification as a zephyrgram.  If used in a Sieve 'notify' action, additional recipi-ents recipients
              ents can be specified as :options.

FILES
       /etc/imapd.conf
              Default configuration file.

       /etc/cyrus.conf
              Cyrus Master process configuration file.

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



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