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