/var/imap/socket/lmtp: makeconnection_ds

[Ken Murchison]

Ted Cabeen wrote:
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> In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211051243460.30691-100000 at bratt.steakbar.com>, Greg
> Roberts writes:
> >Maybe I'm off-base here, but this
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> >>[root at breakme mail]# telnet localhost lmtp
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> >indicates lmtpd is listening on a TCP port, and
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> >/var/imap/socket/lmtp is a UNIX socket.
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> BTW, this reminds me.  Are there any handy utilities out there that will
> assist you in interfacing with a UNIX socket?

I don't know of any general utilities, but in the context of Cyrus
lmtpd, you can use the deliver program in LMTP mode (deliver -l) to open
a telnet-style connection to lmtpd listening on a UNIX socket.

Ken
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