DBMAIL(1)

📦 version 3.5.6, in arch rolling

💖 DBMail — the whole vibe, bestie 💖

okay so real talk: this is dbmail(1), the manual page that's basically the group chat pinned message for the entire DBMail family. It doesn't do a thing on its own, it just hands you the map. 🗺️✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

dbmail — DBMail is a highly available Message Delivery Agent speaking IMAP, POP, ManageSieve and LMTP using industry standard PostgreSQL, MySQL and Oracle for secure scaleable storage.

like… she's not just an MDA bestie, she's the MDA bestie. high availability? check. four protocols? check. three industry-standard databases for secure, scaleable storage? check check check. 👑 no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

The following man pages offer information about the components of DBMail:

🎀 Configuration file

💅 Daemons

✨ Command line tools

lowkey this is literally the entire DBMail universe in one place. pick a page, any page. the section numbers in the parentheses are the ✨ lore ✨ — (5) is config, (8) is daemons/tools, (1) is user commands. iykyk 💫

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

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)

(that's the whole squad. every single one of them. go read them all, bestie, i'll wait 💜)

🫶 BUGS 🫶

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.

🌈 translation: announcements go to announce, chatting goes to general, and if something's actually broken, hit the bug tracker — and pls pls pls bring a debug log with you, it makes everyone's life so much easier 😭🫶

🧚 LICENSE 🧚

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.

(free software icon behaviour, honestly. GPLv2, periodt. 💅)

👑 AUTHOR(S) 👑

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

like, it's giving community. it's giving we built this together. every tester, patcher and bug hunter is in the THANKS file and honestly? they ate. 🌟

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

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

  • Author.

💀 NOTES 💀

  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

okay that's the whole page!! 🎀 and yes, this absolute icon of a manpage was dated 08/28/2026 and shipped under its DBMAIL(1) banner — that's a wrap, bestie, go forth and configure your mail server 💖✨🦋

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