Sun Internet Mail Server 3.5 Reference Manual: 5 - Message Access and Store Configuration

Message Access

TABLE 5-4 describes the parameters for the Message Access utility (imaccessd).

TABLE 5-4 Message Access

Parameter
Description

ims-ldap-server

Name of the LDAP server used for authentication. The default value is localhost.

ims-mail-host

The default domain for parsing email addresses when no @domain is present. The default value is localhost.

ims-basedn

Base node in the LDAP tree used to search for users at login time.

ims-varmail

ON specifies that users can access mailboxes in the /var/mail format in addition to the SIMS Message Store format. The default value is OFF.

ims-maxconnections

Number of connections that can be simultaneously supported by the message access server. The default value is 10000.

ims-proxy

Specifies the proxy behavior of the message access server. OFF specifies that the proxy is disabled--only local users have access. ON specifies that the proxy is enabled--local and proxy users have access. ONLY specifies that the server is only a proxy--no local store access.

ims-caps-proxy

Specifies the IMAP4 capabilities advertised by imaccessd when the proxy behavior is ON or ONLY. The default value is IMAP4 IMAP4rev1.

ims-bind-address

Specifies the interface (IP address or hostname) and ports that are listened to during POP and IMAP connections. The value of ims-bind-address is in the form:
[hostname | *][(pop3=port1[,port2, ...]:imap=port3[,port4, ...])]
This parameter can appear multiple times in the ims.cnf file. By default, or if the hostname is *, imaccessd listens to all the addresses supported by the server. If no service or ports are specified, the default ports are fetched from /etc/services. Specifying a port as 0 denotes that the service (IMAP or POP3) is not supported on that particular server.
pop3s and imaps ports (SSL is used) can be defined. The following example provides POP3 service on ports 110 and 109, IMAP service on the default port as specified in /etc/services, and no POP3s or IMAPs (secure) services. POP3 and IMAP service will be provided only on the interface identified by mail1 and not on the other interfaces on the server.
mail1.com.net(pop3=110,109:pop3s=0;imaps=0)

Parameter	Description
`ims-ldap-server`	Name of the LDAP server used for authentication. The default value is `localhost`.
`ims-mail-host`	The default domain for parsing email addresses when no `@domain` is present. The default value is `localhost`.
`ims-basedn`	Base node in the LDAP tree used to search for users at login time.
`ims-varmail`	`ON` specifies that users can access mailboxes in the `/var/mail` format in addition to the SIMS Message Store format. The default value is `OFF`.
`ims-maxconnections`	Number of connections that can be simultaneously supported by the message access server. The default value is `10000`.
`ims-proxy`	Specifies the proxy behavior of the message access server. `OFF` specifies that the proxy is disabled--only local users have access. `ON` specifies that the proxy is enabled--local and proxy users have access. `ONLY` specifies that the server is only a proxy--no local store access.
`ims-caps-proxy`	Specifies the IMAP4 capabilities advertised by imaccessd when the proxy behavior is `ON` or `ONLY`. The default value is `IMAP4 IMAP4rev1`.
`ims-bind-address`	Specifies the interface (IP address or hostname) and ports that are listened to during POP and IMAP connections. The value of `ims-bind-address` is in the form: `[`hostname `\| ][(pop3=`port1`[,`port2`, ...]:imap=`port3`[,`port4`,` ...])] This parameter can appear multiple times in the `ims.cnf` file. By default, or if the hostname is , `imaccessd` listens to all the addresses supported by the server. If no service or ports are specified, the default ports are fetched from `/etc/services`. Specifying a port as 0 denotes that the service (IMAP or POP3) is not supported on that particular server. `pop3s` and `imaps` ports (SSL is used) can be defined. The following example provides POP3 service on ports 110 and 109, IMAP service on the default port as specified in `/etc/services,` and no POP3s or IMAPs (secure) services. POP3 and IMAP service will be provided only on the interface identified by `mail1` and not on the other interfaces on the server. `mail1.com.net(pop3=110,109:pop3s=0;imaps=0)`