IDLED(8)

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version 3.12.3 · 6 versions
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✨ IDLED(8) — Cyrus IMAP ✨

okay bestie, pull up a chair because this one's short but SO important 💖 This is idled from the Cyrus IMAP fam, and it's giving "quiet little daemon that holds the whole group chat together."

💫 NAME 💫

idled — Cyrus IMAP documentation, no cap 🫶

It provides near real-time updates for IMAP IDLE. That's the whole vibe. That's the mission. Periodt.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

idled [ -C config-file ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So idled is a long lived datagram daemon — yes, long lived, it's a main character that does not leave the party early. What does it actually do tho? Two things, iconic behaviour:

  • it receives notifications of mailbox changes, and
  • it signals the appropriate imapd to report those changes to the client.

That's it. That's the job. It's basically the friend who taps you on the shoulder like "hey. hey bestie. something changed. go tell them." 🎀

Idled is usually started from master(8). She doesn't just spawn herself, she gets launched.

And where does she get her settings? She reads her configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file — unless specified otherwise by -C. Slay.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -C config-file — use the specified configuration file config-file instead of the default imapd.conf(5). That's the whole list. One option. Minimalist queen. 👑

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

fr fr, idled is commonly included in the DAEMON section of cyrus.conf(5), like so:

DAEMON {
    idled                   cmd="/usr/lib/cyrus/bin/idled"
}

look at her go ✨

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • /etc/imapd.conf

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

imapd.conf(5), cyrus.conf(5), master(8)

go read those next, iykyk 🌸

👑 AUTHOR 👑

The Cyrus Team, Nic Bernstein (Onlight)

1993–2026, The Cyrus Team

Version 3.12.3 · dated Jul 15, 2026 — and that's the whole page bestie, ily, go configure your idled responsibly 🫶✨🎀

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