diff --git a/scripts/lib/email-mirror-postfix b/scripts/lib/email-mirror-postfix
index e6dd0a2909..737f2a9b18 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/email-mirror-postfix
+++ b/scripts/lib/email-mirror-postfix
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@ import ssl
 import sys
 from configparser import RawConfigParser
 from urllib.error import HTTPError
-from urllib.parse import urlencode, urljoin
+from urllib.parse import urlencode, urljoin, urlparse
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", ".."))
+from scripts.lib.zulip_tools import get_config, get_config_file
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 
 parser.add_argument("-r", "--recipient", default="", help="Original recipient.")
@@ -62,9 +65,10 @@ parser.add_argument(
     "-d",
     "--dst-host",
     dest="host",
-    default="https://127.0.0.1",
+    default="127.0.0.1",
     help="Destination server address for uploading email from email mirror. "
-    "Address must contain a HTTP protocol.",
+    "Address must contain a HTTP protocol. Otherwise, default value is assumed "
+    "based on the http_only setting.",
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
@@ -126,6 +130,13 @@ def send_email_mirror(
     if test:
         exit(0)
 
+    if not urlparse(host).scheme:
+        config_file = get_config_file()
+        http_only_config = get_config(config_file, "application_server", "http_only", "")
+        http_only = http_only_config == "true"
+        scheme = "http://" if http_only else "https://"
+        host = scheme + host
+
     if host == "https://127.0.0.1":
         # Don't try to verify SSL when posting to 127.0.0.1; it won't
         # work, and connections to 127.0.0.1 are secure without SSL.