DBMAIL-HTTPD(8)

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💅 DBMAIL-HTTPD(8) ✨

okay bestie, so this page is all about dbmail-httpd — that's the manual name, it's section 8, and it's the little icon that speaks the HTTP-1.1 protocol. yes literally. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

dbmail-httpd — speaks the HTTP-1.1 protocol. that's the whole vibe. periodt.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

three whole moods to run it in, pick your fighter 💖

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So what does it do? It exposes DBMail's datamodel through a REST-full api. that's it, that's the whole main character energy 🔥

and for the actual supported url paths, please refer to contrib/dbmailclient.php — that's your map, bestie. no cap.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • **-p, --pidfile *pidfile*** — specify an alternate pid file. by default the daemons use dbmail-<daemon>.pidfor their pid files, saving them in the directory specified by thepid_directoryentry indbmail.confor, if that does not exist, the value set by the configuration option--localstatedir— and it will **halt** if the pid file cannot be written 😭 so like, make sure it can write it. use the-p pidfile` option to place the pid file in your system's preferred location. slay.
  • -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). iconic behavior honestly 👑

💜 COMMON OPTIONS 💜

  • **-f, --config *configfile*** — specify an alternate config file. use dbmail-<utility> --help` to show the default location. iykyk 🧚
  • -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. double -q is the real flex 🙈
  • -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. polite kings, honestly 💀
  • -V, --version — show the version and copyright, then exit.
  • -h, --help — show a brief summary of options, then exit. your bestie when you're lost 🫶

🌈 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)

the whole squad, all linked up 💖 (yes dbmail-httpd(8) is in there, it's referencing itself, main character energy fr)

💀 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. 🍓
ngl, having a debug log ready before you report is such a glow-up move — do it.

👑 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.

⭐ 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

🌸 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

and that's the whole page bestie!! 💅✨ this one's dated 08/28/2026 and filed under DBMAIL-HTTPD(8) — go forth and REST, you absolute icon 🎀🦋

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