maddy(1)

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version 0.9.6 · 3 versions
, in alpine 3.24

💖 Name 💖

okay so this is maddy(1), the reference documentation for maddy — Composable all-in-one mail server. she's the whole package, bestie 💖✨

🦋 Synopsis 🦋

maddy [options...]

🌸 Description 🌸

Maddy is Mail Transfer agent (MTA), Mail Delivery Agent (MDA), Mail Submission Agent (MSA), IMAP server and a set of other essential protocols/schemes necessary to run secure email server implemented in one executable. 👑 like, one executable doing all that? iconic.

🎀 Command line arguments 🎀

  • -h, -help — Show help message and exit. 🙈
  • -config path — Path to the configuration file. Default is /etc/maddy/maddy.conf. 📁
  • -libexec path — Path to the libexec directory. Helper executables will be searched here. Default is /usr/lib/maddy. 🧚
  • -log targets... — Comma-separated list of logging targets. Valid values are the same as the 'log' config directive. Affects logging before configuration parsing completes and after it, if the different value is not specified in the configuration. 🪵
  • -debug — Enable debug log. You want to use it when reporting bugs. 🐛
  • -v — Print version & build metadata. ⭐
bestie PSA: -debug is literally the one to turn on when you're reporting bugs — do it for the plot 🫶

that's the whole maddy(1) situation, slay. source/version: maddy mail server; date: 2026-10-14. mwah, periodt 💅🎀

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