Usage

Start ximapd

Please type the following command to start ximapd as daemon.

$ ximapd --start

If you specify --debug, ximapd doens't go background.

$ ximapd --start --debug

Please read help for other options.

$ ximapd --help

Read mails

Connect to ximapd using your IMAP like Thunderbird. ximapd supports only CRAM-MD5 authentication, so you can't use Outlook.

Search mails

If your IMAP clients the SEARCH command of IMAP, you can search mails in one mailbox. But the SEARCH command doesn't support multiple mailboxes search. Please use the special folder queries (described below) to search multiple mailboxes.

Automatic mailbox creation for mailing lists

If ximapd receive mails that have X-ML-Name or List-Id, ximapd creates a mailbox for the maliing list automatically under ml/. You can rename this mailbox. Then it's OK to move it out of ml/.

queries special folder

If you create a mailbox under the special folder queries, its name is interpreted as a search query, then you can get the search result in it. If you rename it in queries, the new name is interpreted as a search query. If you move it out of queries, the search query will not be changed.

Updated on Tue Aug 09 17:58:15 JST 2005