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

# idled(8)

provide near real-time updates for IMAP IDLE

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## NAME

idled - provide near real-time updates for IMAP IDLE

## SYNOPSIS

**idled** \[ **-C** *config-file* \]

## DESCRIPTION

*Idled* is a long lived datagram daemon which receives notifications of mailbox changes and signals the appropriate *imapd* to report the changes to the client. *Idled* is usually started from *cyrmaster.*

*Idled* reads its configuration options out of the [*imapd.conf*(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md) file unless specified otherwise by **-C**. The *idlesocket* option is used to specify the Unix domain socket to listen on for notifications.

## OPTIONS

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

  Read configuration options from *config-file*.

## FILES

- **/etc/imapd.conf**

  ## SEE ALSO

**[imapd.conf(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md)**, **[cyrmaster(8)](/cyrmaster/8.md)**