---
name: "cyrdeliver"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "cyrus-common"
version: "2.4.17+nocaldav-0+deb8u2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cyrdeliver"
---

# cyrdeliver(8)

deliver mail to an IMAP mailbox

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## NAME

cyrdeliver - deliver mail to an IMAP mailbox

## SYNOPSIS

**cyrdeliver** \[ **-C** *config-file* \] \[ **-d** \] \[ **-r** *address* \]\
\
         \[ **-f** *address* \] \[ **-m** *mailbox* \] \[ **-a** *auth-id* \]\
\
         \[ **-q** \] \[ *userid* \]...\
 **cyrdeliver** \[ **-C** *config-file* \] **-l**

## DESCRIPTION

*Deliver* reads a message from the standard input and delivers it to one or more IMAP mailboxes.

*Deliver* reads its configuration options out of the [*imapd.conf*(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md) file unless specified otherwise by **-C**.

## OPTIONS

- **-C** *config-file*

  Read configuration options from *config-file*.

- **-d**

  Ignored for compatability with  **/bin/mail.**

- **-r** *address*

  Insert a  **Return-Path:** header containing *address*

- **-f** *address*

  Insert a  **Return-Path:** header containing *address*

- **-m** *mailbox*

  Deliver to  *mailbox*. If any *userid*s are specified, attempts to deliver to user.*userid*.*mailbox* for each  *userid*. If the ACL on any such mailbox does not grant the sender the "p" right or if  **-m** is not specified, then delivers to the INBOX for the *userid*, regardless of the ACL on the INBOX.

-

  If no *userid*s are specified, attempts to deliver to *mailbox*. If the ACL on *mailbox* does not grant the sender the "p" right, the delivery fails.

- **-a** *auth-id*

  Specify the authorization id of the sender.  Defaults to "anonymous".

- **-q**

  Deliver message even when receiving mailbox is over quota.

- **-l**

  Accept messages using the LMTP protocol.

## NOTES

Depending on the setting of **reject8bit** in **[imapd.conf(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md)**, deliver either rejects/accepts messages with 8-bit-set characters in the headers. If we accept messages with 8-bit-set characters in the headers, then depending on the setting of **munge8bit**, these characters are either left un-touched or changed to \`X'. This is because such characters can't be interpreted since the character set is not known, although some communities not well-served by US-ASCII assume that those characters can be used to represent characters not present in US-ASCII.

A method for encoding 8-bit-set characters is provided by RFC 2047.

## FILES

- **/etc/imapd.conf**

  ## SEE ALSO

**[lmtpd(8)](/lmtpd/8.md)**