The dkimap4 and dkpop3 daemons should be invoked by your /etc/inetd.conf file with lines such as: pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/dkpop3 dkpop3 imap4 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/dkimap4 dkimap4 You also need to set up PAM properly, as PAM is enabled by default. Use something like this in /etc/pam.conf: pop3 auth required pam_unix.so pop3 account required pam_unix.so try_first_pass imap auth required pam_unix.so imap account required pam_unix.so try_first_pass