dovecot - Dec 2009 - dovecot -n output of (default) is confusing me

Hello,

I'm new to dovecot and I've been taking my time examining what makes
dovecot work.   If I have imap and pop3 listed as protocols, dovecot -n outputs:

mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3

I don't understand why imap is listed twice once as (default), and the other
without (default).  As a secondary question, why would you want a default of
imap as opposed to pop3?

Thanks.

John

On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 18:33 -0500, john.blue at cox.net
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm new to dovecot and I've been taking my time examining what
makes dovecot work.   If I have imap and pop3 listed as protocols, dovecot -n
outputs:
> 
> mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
> mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
> mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3
> 
> I don't understand why imap is listed twice once as (default), and the
other without (default).  As a secondary question, why would you want a default
of imap as opposed to pop3?
This is because I've been lazy. mail_executable(default) is never used
anywhere. But you could have for example:

fsync_disable(default): no
fsync_disable(imap): yes
fsync_disable(pop3): yes

or something like that. Then the default would be used by for example
deliver.

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