[Dovecot] starting from inetd (was Re: USER environment)

[Charlie Brady]

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Evert Mouw wrote:

> Browsing in the 2003-September archives, I found out how to start dovecot
> from inetd (using imap-login instead of imap). Still I've got a few
> problems. I prefer not using inetd, but that seams impossible (see my 1st
> email). And telnetting to port 143 results in an immediate connection close.
> Hmmm, I'll continue exploring the archives.

Search for me and you'll find a recipe for using daemontools and tcpserver 
with dovecot. You could adapt that to start from inetd instead if you 
really didn't want to learn how to use new (and arguably better) tools.

--
Charlie