There is normally no reason to run `bup server` yourself.
+# MODES
+
+smart
+: In this mode, the server checks each incoming object
+ against the idx files in its repository. If any object
+ already exists, it tells the client about the idx file
+ it was found in, allowing the client to download that
+ idx and avoid sending duplicate data. This is
+ `bup-server`'s default mode.
+
+dumb
+: In this mode, the server will not check its local index
+ before writing an object. To avoid writing duplicate
+ objects, the server will tell the client to download all
+ of its `.idx` files at the start of the session. This
+ mode is useful on low powered server hardware (ie
+ router/slow NAS).
+
+# FILES
+
+$BUP_DIR/bup-dumb-server
+: Activate dumb server mode, as discussed above. This file is not created by
+ default in new repositories.
+
# SEE ALSO
`bup-save`(1), `bup-split`(1)