---
name: "rspamd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "rspamd"
version: "4.2.3-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rspamd"
---

# rspamd(8)

main daemon for rapid spam filtering system

## NAME

rspamd - main daemon for rapid spam filtering system

## SYNOPSIS

rspamd \[*options*\]...

rspamd –help

## DESCRIPTION

Rspamd filtering system is designed to be fast, modular and easily scalable system. Rspamd core is written in `C` language using event driven processing model. Plugins for rspamd can be written in `Lua` programming language. Rspamd is designed to process connections completely asynchronous and do not block anywhere in code.

## OPTIONS

- \-f, --no-fork

  Do not daemonize main process

- \-c *path*, --config=*path*

  Specify config file(s)

- \-u *username*, --user=*username*

  User to run rspamd as

- \-g *groupname*, --group=*groupname*

  Group to run rspamd as

- \-p *path*, --pid=*path*

  Path to pidfile

- \-i, --insecure

  Ignore running workers as privileged users (insecure)

## EXAMPLES

Run rspamd daemon with default configuration:

-

  ```
  rspamd
  ```

Run rspamd in foreground with custom configuration:

-

  ```
  rspamd -f -c ~/rspamd.conf
  ```

Run rspamd specifying user and group:

-

  ```
  rspamd -u rspamd -g rspamd -c /etc/rspamd/rspamd.conf
  ```

## SEE ALSO

Rspamd documentation and source codes may be downloaded from ⟨https://rspamd.com/⟩\\c .