AKPOP3D(8) System Manager's Manual AKPOP3D(8) NAME akpop3d -- small and secure POP3 daemon SYNOPSIS akpop3d [-s] [-p port] [-d] [-f pidfile] [-c certfile] [-k keyfile] [-l address] [-a authfile] [-m spooldir] [-D] [-L mboxfile] [-t timeout] [-x tmpdir] [-v] [-h] DESCRIPTION akpop3d is a small and secure implementation of a server for as described in RFC1939. Furthermore, POP3-over-SSL for secure retrieval of email is also supported. akpop3d must be started as root. It then listens for connections on port 110. When the commandline switch -s is used, POP3-over-SSL is enabled, and akpop3d listens on port 995. akpop3d is usually started via some kind of startup script, which depends on your Unix system. Init scripts for Debian and Red Hat systems are pro- vided with the source package. OPTIONS akpop3d accepts the following commandline switches: -d Run as a daemon (in the background). The process ID of the daemon is written to a PID file, which by default is /var/run/akpop3d.pid but which can be changed using the -f option. -f pidfile Store the process ID of the daemon in pidfile which must be speci- fied as a full path (i.e. /path/to/something instead of something on its own). -s SSL mode: instead of listening on port 110, akpop3d will listen on port 995 and will use SSL to encrypt communications. The certifi- cate and key will be taken from /etc/akpop3d/cert.pem and /etc/akpop3d/key.pem respectively unless set with the -c and -k op- tions. -c certfile Use certfile for the SSL certificate. (Point this to your SSL cer- tificate.) -k keyfile Use keyfile for the SSL key. (Point this to your RSA key.) -p port Listen on the given port instead of port 995 (SSL) or 110 (non- SSL). -l address Listen on the given address instead of not binding to a specific IP address. -a authfile Instead of using /etc/passwd for authentication, read information from the authfile text file. The format of this file is username:password:unixname:maildrop (one record per line), where username is the POP3 username, password is the POP3 password, unixname is the Unix username to run as when reading the mailbox, and maildrop is the full path to the maildrop file to use for that user. Note that as with the -f option, authfile must be specified as a full path. The password may be given either as an MD5 hash or in the clear (not recommended). If MD5 us used, the value should be "MD5-" fol- lowed by 32 hexadecimal digits (lower case) representing the MD5 output of the following string: The password, a line feed (ASCII 10), the user name, a line feed, and the magic string "akpop3d". No trailing line feed after the magic string. As an example, the password "foo" for user "bar" would be "MD5-a199706d2b8302a086a20fe9fb4e8403". If the programs printf and md5sum are available, which they typi- cally are on GNU-based systems, the hash may be calculated using the following command: printf "foo\nbar\nakpop3d" | md5sum -m spooldir specifies an alternative mail spool directory. The default is /var/mail/. -D enables using the files /etc/pop3.allow and /etc/pop3.deny for specifying users that are allowed to receive email via POP3. -L mboxfile uses the file mboxfile in the user's home directory as mailspool. -t timeout sets a timeout of timeout seconds for read and write operations. The default is 30 seconds. -x tmpdir set the default temporary directory to tmpdir. -v Show the program version and exit. -h Show a summary of program options and exit. SEE ALSO popa3d(8) RFC 1939 - Post Office Protocol - Version 3. HISTORY The current POP3 protocol standard was published in May 1996. It was pre- ceded by POP2 (February 1985) and POP (October 1984). AUTHORS Andreas Krennmair <ak@synflood.at> Andrew Wood <andrew.wood@ivarch.com> akpop3d April 4, 2003 AKPOP3D(8)
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