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author | Erwin Hoffmann <feh@fehcom.de> | 2023-09-21 17:41:34 +0200 |
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committer | Erwin Hoffmann <feh@fehcom.de> | 2023-09-21 17:41:34 +0200 |
commit | 028c85c52590daa7461496e4833479bf08c9454a (patch) | |
tree | e567e28f7bb6856e565a185dadc6171eddfbf486 | |
parent | 94c2e0f717a5f163893ed3597afc7d695ff83cb4 (diff) |
added man pages
-rw-r--r-- | man/Makefile | 47 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/Makefile.mandoc | 47 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/TARGETS | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/bincimap-up.9 | 138 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/bincimap-updatecache.7 | 57 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/bincimap.9 | 66 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/bincimapd.9 | 148 |
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diff --git a/man/Makefile b/man/Makefile new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0eb2e57 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/Makefile @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +# Don't edit Makefile! Use conf-* for configuration. + +SHELL=/bin/sh + +default: man + +bincimap.0: \ +bincimap.1 + nroff -man bincimap.1 > bincimap.0 + +bincimap.1: \ +bincimap.9 ../conf-qmail + cat bincimap.9 \ + | sed s}SQMAIL}"`head -1 ../conf-qmail`"}g \ + > bincimap.1 + +bincimapd.0: \ +bincimapd.1 + nroff -man bincimapd.1 > bincimapd.0 + +bincimapd.1: \ +bincimapd.9 ../conf-qmail + cat bincimapd.9 \ + | sed s}SQMAIL}"`head -1 ../conf-qmail`"}g \ + > bincimapd.1 + +bincimap-up.0: \ +bincimap-up.1 + nroff -man bincimap-up.1 > bincimap-up.0 + +bincimap-up.1: \ +bincimap-up.9 ../conf-qmail + cat bincimap-up.9 \ + | sed s}SQMAIL}"`head -1 ../conf-qmail`"}g \ + > bincimap-up.1 + +bincimap-updatecache.0: \ +bincimap-updatecache.7 + nroff -man bincimap-updatecache.7 > bincimap-updatecache.0 + +clean: \ +TARGETS + rm -f `cat TARGETS` + +man: \ +bincimap.0 bincimapd.0 bincimap-up.0 \ +bincimap-updatecache.0 diff --git a/man/Makefile.mandoc b/man/Makefile.mandoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a54789e --- /dev/null +++ b/man/Makefile.mandoc @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +#Don't edit Makefile! Use conf-* for configuration. + +SHELL=/bin/sh + +default: man + +bincimap.0: \ +bincimap.1 + mandoc -man bincimap.1 > bincimap.0 + +bincimap.1: \ +bincimap.9 ../conf-qmail + cat bincimap.9 \ + | sed s}SQMAIL}"`head -1 ../conf-qmail`"}g \ + > bincimap.1 + +bincimapd.0: \ +bincimapd.1 + mandoc -man bincimapd.1 > bincimapd.0 + +bincimapd.1: \ +bincimapd.9 ../conf-qmail + cat bincimapd.9 \ + | sed s}SQMAIL}"`head -1 ../conf-qmail`"}g \ + > bincimapd.1 + +bincimap-up.0: \ +bincimap-up.1 + mandoc -man bincimap-up.1 > bincimap-up.0 + +bincimap-up.1: \ +bincimap-up.9 ../conf-qmail + cat bincimap-up.9 \ + | sed s}SQMAIL}"`head -1 ../conf-qmail`"}g \ + > bincimap-up.1 + +bincimap-updatecache.0: \ +bincimap-updatecache.7 + mandoc -man bincimap-updatecache.7 > bincimap-updatecache.0 + +clean: \ +TARGETS + rm -f `cat TARGETS` + +man: \ +bincimap.0 bincimapd.0 bincimap-up.0 \ +bincimap-updatecache.0 diff --git a/man/TARGETS b/man/TARGETS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..617e875 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/TARGETS @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +bincimap.0 +bincimap.1 +bincimapd.0 +bincimapd.1 +bincimap-up.0 +bincimap-up.1 +bincimap-updatecache.0 diff --git a/man/bincimap-up.9 b/man/bincimap-up.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..431f0a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/bincimap-up.9 @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +.TH bincimap-up 1 +.SH "NAME" +bincimap-up \- IMAP server stub +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.B bincimap-up [options] -- <authenticator> bincimapd <maildepot> + +.B bincimap-up -- SQMAIL/bin/qmail-authuser bincimapd Maildir + +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.B bincimap-up +is a pre-authentication IMAP server typically invoked by +.B sslserver +providing encrypted IMAPS and IMAP/StartTLS connections; though +.B tcpserver +could be used for un-encrypted IMAP services as well. +Since it includes only limited IMAP capabilities, it is a +.I stub +IMAP server only. +.SH "CONFIGURATION" +.B bincimap-up +uses the environment for reading its settings, typically given by +.B envdir +in the directory +.I env +as files with one line als content. +Some environment variables can be overwritten with command line options. + +In the following samples, the environment variable (including possible +settings) is shown left and their potential command line option is +given right after the '|' symbol. +.TP +\fBBINCIMAP_LOGIN\fR=PLAIN+LOGIN +includes the authentication methodes advertised. Its setting +is mandatory. The default is \fIPLAIN+LOGIN\fR; +though \fIPLAIN+LOGIN+CRAM-MD5\fR is honored +and the \fIchallenge\fR is generated and deployed for verification. +The method \fICRAM-MD5\fR requires +access to the unencrypted passwords. +.TP +\fBALLOW_NONSSL_PLAINTEXT_LOGINS\fR=yes | \fB\-a, \-\-allow-plain\fR +If this setting is enabled, Binc IMAP will permit plain text +authentication for unencrypted (SSL/TLS) IMAP sessions. This is +considered unsafe unless the server is run on a private switched +network. By default, plain text authentication is disabled for +unencrypted sessions. +.TP +\fBSHOW_VERSION_IN_GREETING\fR=yes | \fB\-v, \-\-show-version\fR +If this setting is enabled, Binc IMAP will expose its version string +in the greeting presented to every connecting client. This is +considered unsafe unless the server is run on a private switched +network, because it eases the job of malicious users who exploit +vulnerabilities in specific versions. By default, the version is not +exposed in the server's greeting. +.TP +\fBLOG_TYPE\fR=[multilog|syslog] | \fB\-l\fR[...], \-\-\fBlog-type=\fR[...] +This setting toggles which method Binc IMAP should use for +logging. \fBsyslog\fR means to connect to syslog. \fBmultilog\fR means +to log to stderr(2) and typically used together with the \fBmultilog\fR +utility. +For daemontools/supervise, use \fBmultilog\fR. Default: \fBmultilog\fR. +.TP +\fBLOG_USER\fR=LOG_MAIL +is the syslog user name for loging. Default: \fILOG_DAEMON\fR. +Additionally, you can setup up to eight local tags for the syslog facility +employing the environment variables \fBLOG_LOCAL0\fR to \fBLOG_LOCAL7\fB. +.TP +\fBDEPOT\fR=[Maildir++|IMAPdir] | \fB\-d=\fR[...], \fB\-\-depot=\fR[...] +This setting sets whether to use a \fIMaildir++\fR or an \fIIMAPdir\fR +depot. By default, the \fIMaildir++\fR depot is used. +.TP +\fBDELIMITER\fR=<char> | \fB\-D\fR<char>, \fB\-\-delimiter\fR<char> +This setting sets the mailbox hierarchy delimiter. +By default, Binc IMAP uses '\fI/\fR' as the delimiter (i.e., a/b/c). +When porting from servers that use a different delimiter, +certain clients may protest if the delimiter changes. For example, +Courier-IMAP uses '.' as its +delimiter, and certain Mozilla/Thunderbird clients have problems +dealing with a client using a different delimiter. +Set this options to '.' to work around the problem. +.TP +\fB\-\-\fR +Marks the end of options to +.B bincimap-up. +After this comes the checkpassword compatible authenticator. +Note that it is essential that the authenticator invoked by +.B bincimap-up +does not clear the environment and sets the value for \fI$USER\fR correctly. +.TP +\fB(trailing arguments)\fR +Binc IMAP's authenticator. The first argument is invoked as an +authenticator subprocess of \fBbincimap-up\fR, with the rest of the arguments +passed as the authenticator's local arguments. +.SH "ADDITIONAL ARGUMENTS" +.B bincimap-up +understands the following command line arguments upon call: +.TP +\fB\-h, -?, \-\-help\fR +This option is passed to display basic usage on the command line. +.TP +\fB\-\-version\fR +The option is passed to show the version number of the server on the +command line. +.SH "DIAGNOSTICS" +.B bincimap-up +and also +.B bincimapd +recognize the setting of the environment variable: +.TP +\fBPROTOCOLDUMP\fR=yes +to record the IMAP session's commands under +.I /tmp/bincimap-dump-<number>-<client-ip>-<random> +for interrogating the command flow. +Upon compile time, further informations can be +invoked, which enable to diagnose +.BR bincimap 's +behaviour, which can be found in the adjacent documentation. +.SH "COPYRIGHT" +Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Andreas Aardal Hanssen, 2023 Erwin Hoffmann + +This is free software; see the LICENSE for copying conditions. +There is NO warranty. +.SH "LOGGING" +For every connection, +.B bincimap-up +displays the current +.I PID +and connecting +.IR IP . +After the user issued a logout +or was disconnected, it records +for this IMAP session the number of +bytes +.I Read:\ n +and those which was +.IR Written:\ m . +.SH "SEE ALSO" +multilog(8), supervise(8), tcpserver(1), sslserver(1), +bincimap(1), bincimapd(1), qmail-authuser(8) diff --git a/man/bincimap-updatecache.7 b/man/bincimap-updatecache.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..66f71b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/bincimap-updatecache.7 @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +.TH bincimap-udatecache 7 +.SH "NAME" +bincimap-updatecache +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.B bincimap-updatecache <maildir> +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.B bincimap-updatecache +reads the messages available at +.I <maildir> +and re-generates the +.I binc-cache +file in this directory. +.SH "INVOCATION" +.B bincimap-updatecache +is called by the owner of the +.IR <maildepot> . +Given the Maildir++ format, a +.I <maildir> +is either +.I Maildir +or one of the sub-directories indicated via a dot: +.IR .submaildir . +Instead of nested subdirectories, +.I .submaildir +ist just the first level <maildir>. Nesting is +realized by concatination of <maildir> names with a dot. + +.B bincimap-updatecache +generates the file +.I bincimap-cache +for only this sub-directory given by its path name: + +.EX + \fBbincimap-updatecache\fR Maildir/.maildirname +.EE + +.B bincimap-updatecache +considers by default the +.I Maildir++ +format, including the +.IR new , +.IR cur , +and +.I tmp +sub-directories. +In case the +.I <maildepot> +is given as +.I IMAPdir +.BR bincimap-updatecache , +requires the setting of +.I DEPOT=IMAPdir +as exported environment variable. +.SH "COPYRIGHT" +Copyright (C) 2023 Erwin Hoffmann +.SH "SEE ALSO" +bincimap(1), bincimap-up(1), bincimapd(1) diff --git a/man/bincimap.9 b/man/bincimap.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64940ff --- /dev/null +++ b/man/bincimap.9 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.TH bincimap 1 +.SH "NAME" +bincimap \- IMAP server +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.B bincimap-up [options] -- <authenticator> bincimapd <maildepot> + +.B bincimap-up -- SQMAIL/bin/qmail-authuser bincimapd Maildir +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +Binc IMAP is an IMAP server for Maildir type mailboxes. It is well +known for being easy to install, use and maintain. + +Binc IMAP is invoked by +.B sslserver +in order to achieve TLS and/or StartTLS capabilities for the required +confidentiality. + +Binc IMAP is unique because of its simple, yet powerful \fBinvocation +pipeline\fR. This simple system makes it easy to have Binc IMAP do +exactly what you want. + +The \fBinvocation pipeline\fR consists of the following parts: +.TP 4 +.B bincimap-up +Is a stub to start the IMAP session, configuring the service +options, calling the authenticator, and finally invoking the +.B bincimapd +server. +.TP 4 +.B qmail-authuser +is the versatile PAM communicating with different user authentication +backends and setting up the required +.I USER +envrionment variable. Other PAMs, like +.B checkpassword.pl +can be used instead. +.TP 4 +.B bincimapd +implements the IMAP interface to the user's +.I <maildepot> +by name which could be a +.I Maildir++ +or +.I IMAPdir +structured. +.SH "COPYRIGHT" +Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Andreas Aardal Hanssen, 2023 Erwin Hoffmann + +This is free software; see the LICENSE for copying conditions. There is +NO warranty. +.SH "NOTE" +Please report any bugs to the +.B Binc IMAP +mailing list. Before posting your bug, check out the +.B Binc IMAP +official home page for a list of mailing list archives +to browse. + +.RS +.nf +Mailing list: <binc@mail.fehcom.net> + +Subscribing to a mailing list: <binc-subscribe@mail.fehcom.net> +Home page: https://www.fehcom.de/binc/bincimap.html +.SH "SEE ALSO" +bincimap-up(1), bincimapd(1), qmail-authuser(8), +sslserver(1), tcpserver(1), multilog(1) diff --git a/man/bincimapd.9 b/man/bincimapd.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5e42551 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/bincimapd.9 @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +.TH bincimapd 1 +.SH "NAME" +bincimapd \- IMAP4rev1 server +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.B bincimap-up [options] -- <authenticator> bincimapd <maildepot> + +.B bincimap-up -- SQMAIL/bin/qmail-authuser bincimapd Maildir +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.B bincimapd +implements the IMAP interface to the user's +.I <maildepot> +by name which could be +.I Maildir++ +or +.I IMAPdir +structured. +Upon invocation +.B bincimapd +switches to the home directory available by the user environment +and performs the commanded IMAP operations on the given +.IR <maildepot> . +.SH "CONFIGURATION" +.B bincimapd +shares the same environment variables with +.BR bincimap-up , +thus there is no specific configuration required and therefore +.I [...] +is usually avoided, except for +its first unqualified argument containing the name of the +mailbox depository in which +.B bincimapd +should search for folders. If unset, some authenticators like +.B qmail-authuser +and +.B vmailmgr +will fail. However, +.B bincimapd +runs in the environment of the user and honors the +a specific setting of environment variables to cope +local preferences. +.SH "COMPLIANCE" +.B bincimapd +conforms partially to IMAP4rev1 (RFCs 3501, 2177 [Idle], 2341 [Namespace], +2971 [Id]). +Alphabetic list of supported IMAP commands: +.IP \[bu] 2 +Append +.IP \[bu] 2 +Authenticate +.IP \[bu] 2 +Capability +.IP \[bu] 2 +Check +.IP \[bu] 2 +Close +.IP \[bu] 2 +Copy +.IP \[bu] 2 +Create +.IP \[bu] 2 +Delete +.IP \[bu] 2 +Examine +.IP \[bu] 2 +Expunge +.IP \[bu] 2 +Fetch +.IP \[bu] 2 +Id +.IP \[bu] 2 +Idle +.IP \[bu] 2 +List +.IP \[bu] 2 +Login +.IP \[bu] 2 +Logout +.IP \[bu] 2 +Lsub +.IP \[bu] 2 +Namespace +.IP \[bu] 2 +Noop +.IP \[bu] 2 +Rename +.IP \[bu] 2 +Search +.IP \[bu] 2 +Select +.IP \[bu] 2 +Starttls +.IP \[bu] 2 +Status +.IP \[bu] 2 +Store +.IP \[bu] 2 +Subscribe +.IP \[bu] 2 +Unsubscribe +.SH "FILES" +Within every +.I <maildepot> +subdirectory +.B bincimpad +generates a set of files +.TP +.I $HOME/<maildepot>/.../bincimap-uidvalidity +This file contains a version number, the +.BR UIDNEXT , +and +.B UIDVALIDITY +values for the given mailbox. +.TP +.I $HOME/<maildepot>/.../bincimap-cache +This file contains a version number, and it stores the +.B UID +values for each message, along with (optionally) some cached +information. + +.RE +Exception: +.TP +.I $HOME/<maildepot>/.subscribed +All subscribed <mailboxes> are included here. +.SH "LOGGING" +After the user login +.B bincimapd +displays the +.IR PID , +.IR userid , +and +.I IP address. +On logout or disconnect +it provides the +.IR PID , +the number of messages fetched +.IR Bodies:\ n , +and the number of IMAP commands executed +.IR Statements:\ m . +.SH "COPYRIGHT" +Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Andreas Aardal Hanssen, 2023 Erwin Hoffmann + +This is free software; see the LICENSE for copying conditions. +There is NO warranty. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +bincimap(1), bincimap-up(1), +multilog(8), supervise(8), tcpserver(1), sslserver(1), +qmail-authuser(7) |