The ipop2d, ipop3d, and imapd daemons should be invoked by your /etc/inetd.conf file with lines such as: pop2 stream tcp nowait root ${PREFIX}/libexec/ipop2d ipop2d pop2 stream tcp6 nowait root ${PREFIX}/libexec/ipop2d ipop2d pop3 stream tcp nowait root ${PREFIX}/libexec/ipop3d ipop3d pop3 stream tcp6 nowait root ${PREFIX}/libexec/ipop3d ipop3d imap stream tcp nowait root ${PREFIX}/libexec/imapd imapd imap stream tcp6 nowait root ${PREFIX}/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 ${PREFIX}/libexec/ipop3d ipop3d pop3s stream tcp6 nowait root ${PREFIX}/libexec/ipop3d ipop3d imaps stream tcp nowait root ${PREFIX}/libexec/imapd imapd imaps stream tcp6 nowait root ${PREFIX}/libexec/imapd imapd You also need to install files containing RSA certificates to /etc/ssl/{imapd,ipop3d}.pem and files containing the corresponding private keys to /etc/ssl/private/{imapd,ipop3d}.pem. See ssl(8) for how to do this.