The ipop2d, ipop3d, and imapd daemons should be invoked by your /etc/inetd.conf file with lines such as: pop2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/ipop2d ipop2d pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/ipop3d ipop3d imap stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/imapd imapd To use SSL as default transport you need to add the lines below to /etc/inetd.conf. pop3s stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/ipop3d ipop3d imaps stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/imapd imapd You also need to install files containing an RSA certificate and private key to /etc/ssl/ipop3d.pem and /etc/ssl/imapd.pem. See ssl(8) for how to do this. The following lines also needs to be added to /etc/services: imaps 993/tcp pop3s 995/tcp