---
name: "pyzord"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pyzor"
version: "1:1.1.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pyzord"
---

# pyzord(1)

spam-catcher using a collaborative filtering network

## NAME

pyzord - spam-catcher using a collaborative filtering network

## SYNOPSIS

**pyzord** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Listen for and process incoming Pyzor connections.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-n** NICE, **--nice**=*NICE*

  'nice' level

- **-d**, **--debug**

  enable debugging output

- **--homedir**=*HOMEDIR*

  configuration directory

- **-a** LISTENADDRESS, **--address**=*LISTENADDRESS*

  listen on this IP

- **-p** PORT, **--port**=*PORT*

  listen on this port

- **-e** ENGINE, **--database-engine**=*ENGINE*

  select database backend

- **--dsn**=*DIGESTDB*

  data source name (filename for gdbm, host,user,password,database,table for MySQL)

- **--gevent**=*GEVENT*

  set to true to use the gevent library

- **--threads**=*THREADS*

  set to true if multi-threading should be used (this may not apply to all engines)

- **--max-threads**=*MAXTHREADS*

  the maximum number of concurrent threads (defaults to 0 which is unlimited)

- **--processes**=*PROCESSES*

  set to true if multi-processing should be used (this may not apply to all engines)

- **--max-processes**=*MAXPROCESSES*

  the maximum number of concurrent processes (defaults to 40)

- **--db-connections**=*DBCONNECTIONS*

  the number of db connections that will be kept by the server. This only applies if threads are used. Defaults to 0 which means a new connection is used for every thread. (this may not apply all engines)

**--pre-fork**=*PREFORK*

- **--password-file**=*PASSWDFILE*

  name of password file

- **--access-file**=*ACCESSFILE*

  name of ACL file

- **--cleanup-age**=*CLEANUPAGE*

  time before digests expire (in seconds)

- **--log-file**=*LOGFILE*

  name of the log file

- **--usage-log-file**=*USAGELOGFILE*

  name of the usage log file

- **--pid-file**=*PIDFILE*

  save the pid in this file after the server is daemonized

- **--forward-client-homedir**=*FORWARDCLIENTHOMEDIR*

  Specify a pyzor client configuration directory to forward received digests to a remote pyzor server

- **--detach**=*DETACH*

  daemonizes the server and redirects any output to the specified file

- **-V**, **--version**

  print version and exit