The command "esmtpd stop" stops the couriertcpd daemon, shutting down the ESMTP service.

The command "esmtpd-msa start" starts the server on the message submission port, port 587. "esmtpd-msa stop" stops it. The difference between esmtpd and esmtpd-msa is that the latter is set up for additional processing as defined by RFC 2476 (mainly that the messages will have the Message-ID: and Date: headers added, by default).

Normally, m[blue]makesmtpaccess(8)m[][1] automatically runs "esmtpd restart", in order to reread the /etc/courier/smtpaccess.dat access file, so you don't have to do it manually, yourself. Similarly, m[blue]makesmtpaccess-msa(8)m[][1] automatically runs esmtpd-msa restart

FILES

/etc/courier/esmtpd

This configuration file initializes various settings for courieresmtpd.

/etc/courier/esmtpd-msa

This configuration file initializes the settings for courieresmtpd when invoked by esmtpd-msa. Note that this file is used to override the settings /etc/courier/esmtpd. The command "esmtpd-msa start" first reads /etc/courier/esmtpd, then afterwards /etc/courier/esmtpd-msa. Any settings in esmtpd-msa override the corresponding settings in esmtpd

SEE ALSO

m[blue]couriertcpd(8)m[][2], m[blue]makesmtpaccess(8)m[][1].

AUTHOR

Sam Varshavchik

Author

NOTES

1.

makesmtpaccess(8)

[set $man.base.url.for.relative.links]/makesmtpaccess.html

2.

couriertcpd(8)

[set $man.base.url.for.relative.links]/couriertcpd.html