citmail(8)

NAME
citserver - Core of the Citadel Suite.

SYNOPSIS
citserver [-lLogFacility] [-d] [-f] [-D] [-tTraceFile] [-xLogLevel] [-hHomeDir]

DESCRIPTION
Citadel (the binary name is citserver) is the core of the Citadel Suite. It provides Data-storage and Connection-oriented protocols like IMAP/POP/SMTP. Citserver will usualy be spawned via /etc/init.d or inittab. Unless using the -h option you shouldn't run several instances at once. .SH OPTIONS

SwitchResult

-l  Log facility. Usually "mail"

-d  daemonize (detach from controlling terminal)

-D  print the directories the server would access to stderr on startup

-t[TraceFile]
    Send log messages to a file instead of syslog

-x[LogLevel]
    Verbosity level of logging (0 to 9)

-h[HomeDir]
    Data directory for this Citadel installation. If the directory name begins with a forward slash, it is an absolute path; otherwise it is relative to the default. Watch the output of -D to observe the effects.

DEFAULTS
Default port bindings opened by citserver:

PortDescription

25  SMTP

110 POP3

143 IMAP

465 SMTPS

504 Citadel protocol

587 MSA

993 IMAPS

995 POP3S

2020
    ManageSieve Unix Domain Sockets opened by citserver:

Socket namePurpose

citadel.socket
    Citadel

lmtp.socket
    LMTP

lmtp-unfiltered.socket
    LMPT bypassing the Spamassassin facilities

FILES

/usr/share/citadel-server/
    Citadels Messages and help files

/var/lib/citadel/
    Citadel data files

/var/run/citadel/
    volatile files like the Unix Domain Sockets

/etc/citadel/
    Citadel configuration files

/usr/local/citadel/
    when compiled in non-LHFS mode, all of the above.

/etc/init.d/citadel/
    init script for CitServer; add reboot-safe parameters here.

/etc/default/citadel/
    Optoins to /etc/init.d/citadel/ in LHFS installations; \add commandline options here.

HISTORY
1987 - Now the Uncensored Communications Group