DBMAIL-HTTPD(8)   DBMAIL-HTTPD(8)

dbmail-httpd - speaks the HTTP-1.1 protocol

dbmail-httpd [--config configfile] [--pidfile pidfile]
dbmail-httpd [--config configfile] [--pidfile pidfile] --no-daemon
dbmail-httpd [--config configfile] [--pidfile pidfile] --inetd

Exposes DBMail’s datamodel through a REST-full api.

Please refer to contrib/dbmailclient.php for supported url paths.

-p, --pidfile pidfile

Specify an alternate pid file. By default the daemons use dbmail-<daemon>.pid for their pid files, saving them in the directory specified by the pid_directory entry in dbmail.conf or if that does not exist the value set by the configuration option --localstatedir, and will halt if the pid file cannot be written. Use the -p pidfile option to place the pid file in your system’s preferred location.

-n, --no-daemon

No daemonize: inetd mode. The program remains attached to the console from which it was started and will read and write on stdin/stdout. This is useful for debugging when combined with the -v option. It is also used for running from (x)inetd.

-D, --inetd

No daemonize: The program remains attached to the console and will listen on the network sockets defined in dbmail.conf. This is mostly used for xinetd (Extended Internet Service Daemon)

-f, --config configfile

Specify an alternate config file.

Use dbmail-<utility> --help to show the default location.

-q, --quiet

Quietly skip interactive prompts and helpful status messages which would otherwise be printed to stdout. Use two -q’s to silence errors which would otherwise be printed to stderr.

-v, --verbose

Operate verbosely. Some of the utilities in the DBMail suite can take two -v’s for extra verbosity. Those which don’t understand this convention won’t complain about having the extra -v and will simply operate at their normal verbosity.

-V, --version

Show the version and copyright, then exit.

-h, --help

Show a brief summary of options, then exit.

dbmail(1), dbmail.conf(5), dbmail-deliver(1), dbmail-export(8), dbmail-httpd(8), dbmail-imapd(8), dbmail-lmtpd(8), dbmail-pop3d(8), dbmail-sieved(8), dbmail-sievecmd(8), dbmail-users(8), dbmail-util(8)

For the latest announcements, please subscribe to the DBMail announce mailing list[1]

For general discussion, please subscribe to the DBMail general mailing list[2]

If you experience an issue with DBMail, please report it on the DBMail Bug Tracker[3]. It may be helpful to have a debug log available.

DBMail and its components are distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2. Copyrights are held variously by the authors listed below.

DBMail is a collaborative effort among the core developers listed below and the tremendous help of the testers, patchers and bug hunters listed in the AUTHORS and THANKS files found in the DBMail source distribution.

Alan Hicks          Persistent Objects Ltd https://p-o.co.uk
Eelco van Beek      Aaron Stone            Paul J Stevens
Roel Rozendaal      Open Source Engineer   NFG Net Facilities Group BV
Ilja Booij          Palo Alto, CA USA      http://www.nfg.nl
IC&S                                       http://www.ic-s.nl

Alan Hicks <ahicks@p-o.co.uk>

Author.

1.
DBMail announce mailing list
https://dbmail.org/wws/info/dbmail-announce/
2.
DBMail general mailing list
https://dbmail.org/wws/info/dbmail-general/
3.
DBMail Bug Tracker
https://github.com/dbmail/dbmail/issues
04/16/2025