3.15.1 Starting comsatd

Comsatd uses following option groups: See mailbox (Editor's note: dangling link), See daemon (Editor's note: dangling link), See logging (Editor's note: dangling link).

-C file

--convert-config=file

Convert the configuration file file to the new format. File must be a comsatd configuration file in Mailutils v. 1.x format. The converted file is printed on the standard output. For example, the following command can be used to convert old comsatd configuration file to new format:

          $ comsatd --convert-config=/etc/comsatd.conf > /etc/mailutils.d/comsatd

-d

--daemon

Run as a standalone daemon.

-i

--inetd

The server is started from /etc/inetd.conf file:

          comsat dgram  udp wait  root  /usr/sbin/comsatd \
          comsatd -c /etc/comsat.conf

This is the default operation mode.

-t

--test

Test mode. In this mode, comsatd takes two arguments: URL of a mailbox and QID of the message from that mailbox, e.g.:

          $ comsatd --test /var/mail/root 34589