Command line usage¶
aiosmtpd
provides a main entry point which can be used to run the server
on the command line. There are two ways to run the server, depending on how
the package has been installed.
You can run the server by passing it to Python directly:
$ python3 -m aiosmtpd -n
This starts a server on localhost, port 8025 without setting the uid to
‘nobody’ (i.e. because you aren’t running it as root). Once you’ve done that,
you can connect directly to the server using your favorite command line
protocol tool. Type the QUIT
command at the server once you see the
greeting:
% telnet localhost 8025
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 subdivisions Python SMTP ...
QUIT
221 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.
Of course, you could use Python’s smtplib module, or any other SMTP client to talk to the server.
Hit control-C at the server to stop it.
The entry point may also be installed as the aiosmtpd
command, so this is
equivalent to the above python3
invocation:
$ aiosmtpd -n
Options¶
Optional arguments include:
-h
,--help
Show this help message and exit.
-n
,--nosetuid
This program generally tries to setuid
nobody
, unless this flag is set. The setuid call will fail if this program is not run as root (in which case, use this flag).-c CLASSPATH
,--class CLASSPATH
Use the given class, as a Python dotted import path, as the handler class for SMTP events. This class can process received messages and do other actions during the SMTP dialog. Uses a debugging handler by default.
-s SIZE
,--size SIZE
Restrict the total size of the incoming message to
SIZE
number of bytes via the RFC 1870SIZE
extension. Defaults to 33554432 bytes.-u
,--smtputf8
Enable the SMTPUTF8 extension and behave as an RFC 6531 SMTP proxy.
-d
,--debug
Increase debugging output.
-l [HOST:PORT]
,--listen [HOST:PORT]
Optional host and port to listen on. If the
PORT
part is not given, then port 8025 is used. If only:PORT
is given, thenlocalhost
is used for the host name. If neither are given,localhost:8025
is used.
Optional positional arguments provide additional arguments to the handler
class constructor named in the --class
option. Provide as many of these
as supported by the handler class’s from_cli()
class method, if provided.