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Translated mail modules into English.
author | Vladimir Homutov <vl@nginx.com> |
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date | Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:07:43 +0000 |
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<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Anton Yuzhaninov Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc. --> <!DOCTYPE module SYSTEM "../../../../dtd/module.dtd"> <module name="Module ngx_mail_core_module" link="/en/docs/mail/ngx_mail_core_module.html" lang="en" rev="1"> <section id="summary"> <para> This module is not built by default, it should be enabled with the <literal>--with-mail</literal> configuration parameter. </para> </section> <section id="example" name="Example configuration"> <para> <example> worker_processes 1; error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log info; mail { server_name mail.example.com; auth_http localhost:9000/cgi-bin/nginxauth.cgi; imap_capabilities IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS IDLE LITERAL+ QUOTA; pop3_auth plain apop cram-md5; pop3_capabilities LAST TOP USER PIPELINING UIDL; smtp_auth login plain cram-md5; smtp_capabilities "SIZE 10485760" ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 8BITMIME DSN; xclient off; server { listen 25; protocol smtp; } server { listen 110; protocol pop3; proxy_pass_error_message on; } server { listen 143; protocol imap; } server { listen 587; protocol smtp; } } </example> </para> </section> <section id="directives" name="Directives"> <directive name="listen"> <syntax> <value>address</value>:<value>port</value> [<literal>bind</literal>]</syntax> <default/> <context>server</context> <para> Sets an <value>address</value> and a <value>port</value> for for a socket, on which the server will accept requests. Only port may be specified. An address may also be a hostname, for example: <example> listen 127.0.0.1:110; listen *:110; listen 110; # то же, что и *:110 listen localhost:110; </example> IPv6 addresses (0.7.58) are specified in square brackets: <example> listen [::1]:110; listen [::]:110; </example> UNIX-domain sockets (1.3.5) are specified with the “<literal>unix:</literal>” prefix: <example> listen unix:/var/run/nginx.sock; </example> </para> <para> The optional <literal>bind</literal> parameter instructs to make a separate <c-func>bind</c-func> call for a given address:port pair. The fact is that nginx will <c-func>bind</c-func> only to <literal>*:</literal><value>port</value> if there are several <literal>listen</literal> directives with the same port but different addresses, and one of the <literal>listen</literal> directives listens on all addresses for the given port (<literal>*:</literal><value>port</value>). It should be noted that the <c-func>getsockname</c-func> system call will be made in this case to determine an address that accepted a connection. </para> <para> Different virtual servers must listen on different <value>address</value>:<value>port</value> pairs. </para> </directive> <directive name="protocol"> <syntax> <literal>imap</literal> | <literal>pop3</literal> | <literal>smtp</literal></syntax> <default/> <context>server</context> <para> Sets the protocol of a proxied server. Supported protocols are <link doc="ngx_mail_imap_module.xml">IMAP</link>, <link doc="ngx_mail_pop3_module.xml">POP3</link> and <link doc="ngx_mail_smtp_module.xml">SMTP</link>. </para> <para> If the directive is not set, the protocol can be detected automatically basing on the well-known port specified in the <link id="listen"/> directive: <list type="bullet"> <listitem> <literal>imap</literal>: 143, 993 </listitem> <listitem> <literal>pop3</literal>: 110, 995 </listitem> <listitem> <literal>smtp</literal>: 25, 587, 465 </listitem> </list> </para> <para> Unnecessary protocols can be disabled using the <link doc="../install.xml">configuration</link> parameters <literal>--without-mail_imap_module</literal>, <literal>--without-mail_pop3_module</literal> and <literal>--without-mail_smtp_module</literal>. </para> </directive> <directive name="server"> <syntax block="yes"/> <default/> <context>mail</context> <para> Sets a configuration for the virtual server. </para> </directive> <directive name="server_name"> <syntax><value>name</value></syntax> <default>hostname</default> <context>mail</context> <context>server</context> <para> Sets a name of the virtual server, used: <list type="bullet"> <listitem> in the initial POP3/SMTP server greeting; </listitem> <listitem> in the salt during the SASL CRAM-MD5 authentication; </listitem> <listitem> in the <literal>EHLO</literal> command on the SMTP backend connection, if the <link doc="ngx_mail_proxy_module.xml" id="xclient"/> command is turned on. </listitem> </list> </para> </directive> <directive name="so_keepalive"> <syntax><literal>on</literal> | <literal>off</literal></syntax> <default>off</default> <context>mail</context> <context>server</context> <para> Controls if the “TCP keepalive” mode should be enabled on the client’s connection (<c-def>SO_KEEPALIVE</c-def> socket parameter) on the proxied server connection. </para> </directive> <directive name="timeout"> <syntax><value>time</value></syntax> <default>60s</default> <context>mail</context> <context>server</context> <para> Sets the timeout which is used before proxying to the backend started. </para> </directive> </section> </module>