IMAPPROXYD(8)							 IMAP proxy daemon						     IMAPPROXYD(8)

NAME

       imapproxyd - IMAP proxy daemon

SYNOPSIS

       imapproxyd [ -f <config file name> ] [ -p <pidfile name> ]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page documents briefly the imapproxyd command.  This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original
       program does not have a manual page.

       UP-ImapProxy proxies IMAP transactions between an IMAP client and an IMAP server. The general idea is that the  client  should  never  know
       that it is not talking to the real IMAP server, but ImapProxy caches server connections.

       ImapProxy was written to compensate for webmail clients that are unable	to maintain persistent connections to an IMAP server. Most webmail
       clients need to log in to an IMAP server for nearly every single transaction; This behaviour can cause tragic performance problems  on  the
       IMAP  server.   ImapProxy  tries  to deal with this problem by leaving server connections open for a short time after a webmail client logs
       out. When the webmail client connects again, ImapProxy will determine if there is a cached connection available and reuse it if possible.

FILES

       By default, UP-ImapProxy reads /etc/imapproxy.conf on startup.  This can be changed by using the -f option

       Unless foreground_mode has been enabled, UP-ImapProxy will write its PID to to a PID-file. It defaults to /var/run/imapproxy.pid,  but  can
       be overridden with the -p option

SEE ALSO

       pimpstat(8),

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

Dave McMurtrie							   Mar 12, 2004 						     IMAPPROXYD(8)