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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[0931098] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[17e4e55] | 7 | <!ENTITY postfix-download-http "http://www.mirrorspace.org/postfix/official/postfix-&postfix-version;.tar.gz">
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[0931098] | 8 | <!ENTITY postfix-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-&postfix-version;.tar.gz">
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[793c1ba] | 9 | <!ENTITY postfix-md5sum "bcaa4aac80595d04c60c72844203a04d">
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[0931098] | 10 | <!ENTITY postfix-size "1.9 MB">
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[17e4e55] | 11 | <!ENTITY postfix-buildsize "81 MB">
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[0931098] | 12 | <!ENTITY postfix-time "0.29 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[547df0bc] | 15 | <sect1 id="postfix" xreflabel="Postfix-&postfix-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 16 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 19 | </sect1info>
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[00bb024c] | 20 | <?dbhtml filename="postfix.html"?>
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[547df0bc] | 21 | <title>Postfix-&postfix-version;</title>
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[c27a15a4] | 22 | <indexterm zone="postfix">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-Postfix">Postfix</primary></indexterm>
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[f45b1953] | 24 |
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[0931098] | 25 | <sect2>
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to Postfix</title>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>The <application>Postfix</application> package contains a Mail
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| 29 | Transport Agent (<acronym>MTA</acronym>). This is useful for sending email
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| 30 | to other users of your host machine. It can also be configured to be a
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| 31 | central mail server for your domain, a mail relay agent or simply a mail
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| 32 | delivery agent to your local Internet Service Provider
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| 33 | (<acronym>ISP</acronym>).</para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 36 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 37 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 38 | url="&postfix-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 39 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 40 | url="&postfix-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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[793c1ba] | 41 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &postfix-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[0931098] | 42 | <listitem><para>Download size: &postfix-size;</para></listitem>
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[518538f] | 43 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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[0931098] | 44 | &postfix-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 46 | &postfix-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 47 | </sect3>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <sect3><title><application>Postfix</application> dependencies</title>
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| 50 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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[793c1ba] | 51 | <para><xref linkend="db"/></para>
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| 52 | </sect4>
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| 53 |
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[0931098] | 54 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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[793c1ba] | 55 | <para><xref linkend="pcre"/>,
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[4a46bf8] | 56 | <xref linkend="mysql"/>,
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| 57 | <xref linkend="postgresql"/>,
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[3bfd1d6] | 58 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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| 59 | <xref linkend="openssl"/> and
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[793c1ba] | 60 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/></para>
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| 61 | </sect4>
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[0931098] | 62 | </sect3>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | </sect2>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <sect2>
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| 67 | <title>Installation of <application>Postfix</application></title>
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| 68 |
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[3bfd1d6] | 69 | <sect3><title>Configuring the build</title>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <para>The <application>Postfix</application> source tree does not contain a
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| 72 | <filename>configure</filename> script, rather the makefile in the
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| 73 | top-level directory contains a <parameter>makefiles</parameter> target that
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| 74 | regenerates all the other makefiles in the build tree. If you wish to
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| 75 | use additional software such as a database back-end for virtual users, or
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[bb75b6a] | 76 | <acronym>TLS</acronym>/<acronym>SSL</acronym> authentication, you will
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[3bfd1d6] | 77 | need to regenerate the makefiles using one or more of the appropriate
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| 78 | <envar>CCARGS</envar> and <envar>AUXLIBS</envar> settings listed below.</para>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <para>Here is an example that combines the
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| 81 | <acronym>TLS</acronym>/<acronym>SSL</acronym> and
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| 82 | <application>Cyrus-SASL</application> arguments:</para>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <screen><userinput><command>make makefiles \
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| 85 | CCARGS="-DHAS_SSL -DUSE_SASL_AUTH -I/usr/include/openssl -I/usr/include/sasl" \
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| 86 | AUXLIBS="-L/usr/lib -R/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto -lsasl2"</command></userinput></screen>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <sect4><title>SSL/TLS authentication</title>
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| 89 | <para>To use <acronym>SSL</acronym>/<acronym>TLS</acronym>
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[bb75b6a] | 90 | authentication with <application>Postfix</application>, you will first
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[3bfd1d6] | 91 | need to apply a patch availible from
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| 92 | <ulink url="ftp://ftp.aet.tu-cottbus.de/pub/postfix_tls/pfixtls-0.8.18-2.1.3-0.9.7d.tar.gz"/>.
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[bb75b6a] | 93 | Unzip the patch tarball, and apply it with the following commands:</para>
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[3bfd1d6] | 94 |
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| 95 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -p1 < ../pfixtls-0.8.18-2.1.3-0.9.7d/pfixtls.diff</command></userinput></screen>
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| 96 |
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[793c1ba] | 97 | <para>You will need to pass the following values to the
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| 98 | <command>make makefiles</command> command:</para>
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[3bfd1d6] | 99 |
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| 100 | <screen><userinput>CCARGS="-DHAS_SSL -I/usr/include/openssl" \
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| 101 | AUXLIBS="-L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto"</userinput></screen>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <para>To use <acronym>SSL</acronym> or <acronym>TLS</acronym> you will
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| 104 | also need <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>.</para>
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| 105 | </sect4>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <sect4><title>Cyrus-SASL</title>
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| 108 | <para>To use <application>Cyrus-SASL</application> with
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| 109 | <application>Postfix</application>, use the following arguments:</para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <screen><userinput>CCARGS="-DUSE_SASL_AUTH -I/usr/include/sasl" \
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| 112 | AUXLIBS="-L/usr/lib -R/usr/lib -lsasl2"</userinput></screen>
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| 113 | </sect4>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <sect4><title>OpenLDAP</title>
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| 116 | <para>To use <application>OpenLDAP</application> with
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| 117 | <application>Postfix</application>, use the following arguments:</para>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <screen><userinput>CCARGS="-I/usr/include -DHAS_LDAP" \
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| 120 | AUXLIBS="-L/usr/lib -lldap -llber"</userinput></screen>
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| 121 | </sect4>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <sect4><title>MySQL</title>
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| 124 | <para>To use <application>MySQL</application> with
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| 125 | <application>Postfix</application>, use the following arguments:</para>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <screen><userinput>CCARGS="-DHAS_MYSQL -I/usr/include/mysql" \
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| 128 | AUXLIBS="-L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lm"</userinput></screen>
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| 129 | </sect4>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <sect4><title>PostgreSQL</title>
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| 132 | <para>To use <application>PostgreSQL</application> with
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| 133 | <application>Postfix</application>, use the following arguments:</para>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <screen><userinput>CCARGS="-DHAS_PGSQL -I/usr/include/postgresql" \
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| 136 | AUXLIBS="-L/usr/lib -lpq -lz -lm"</userinput></screen>
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| 137 | </sect4>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | </sect3>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <sect3><title>Installing Postfix</title>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <para>Before you compile the program, you need to create users and groups that
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| 144 | will be expected to be in place when the install script executes. Add the
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[0931098] | 145 | users and groups with the following commands:</para>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <screen><userinput><command>groupadd postfix &&
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| 148 | groupadd postdrop &&
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| 149 | groupadd -g 65534 nogroup &&
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| 150 | useradd -c postfix -d /dev/null -g postfix -s /bin/false postfix &&
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| 151 | useradd -c nobody -d /home -g nogroup -s /bin/bash -u 65534 nobody &&
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| 152 | chown postfix:postfix /var/mail</command></userinput></screen>
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| 153 |
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[3bfd1d6] | 154 | <para>Install <application>Postfix</application> by running the
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| 155 | following commands:</para>
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[0931098] | 156 |
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| 157 | <screen><userinput><command>make &&
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| 158 | sh postfix-install daemon_directory=/usr/sbin \
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| 159 | manpage_directory=/usr/share/man \
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| 160 | sample_directory=/usr/share/doc/postfix \
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| 161 | -non-interactive</command></userinput></screen>
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| 162 |
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[8568fa6] | 163 | <para>The final installation step is to install the program's documentation with
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| 164 | the following commands:</para>
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[0931098] | 165 |
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| 166 | <screen><userinput><command>install -d /usr/share/doc/postfix &&
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| 167 | cp -rf html/* /usr/share/doc/postfix</command></userinput></screen>
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[3bfd1d6] | 168 | </sect3></sect2>
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[0931098] | 169 |
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| 170 | <sect2>
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| 171 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 172 |
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[8568fa6] | 173 | <para><command>sh postfix-install ... -non-interactive</command> : This keeps
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| 174 | the install script from asking any questions, thereby accepting default
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[6c8ceb4] | 175 | destination directories in all but the three cases explicitly mentioned.</para>
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[8568fa6] | 176 |
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[3bfd1d6] | 177 | <para><command>make makefiles</command> : This command rebuilds the
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| 178 | makefiles throughout the source tree to use the options contained in the
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| 179 | <envar>CCARGS</envar> and <envar>AUXLIBS</envar> variables.</para>
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[0931098] | 180 |
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| 181 | </sect2>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <sect2>
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| 184 | <title>Configuring <application>Postfix</application></title>
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| 185 |
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[6c703f15] | 186 | <sect3 id="postfix-config"><title>Config files</title>
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[0931098] | 187 | <para><filename>/etc/aliases</filename>,
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| 188 | <filename>/etc/postfix/main.cf</filename> and
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| 189 | <filename>/etc/postfix/master.cf</filename></para>
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[c27a15a4] | 190 | <indexterm zone="postfix postfix-config">
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| 191 | <primary sortas="e-etc-aliases">/etc/aliases</primary></indexterm>
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| 192 | <indexterm zone="postfix postfix-config">
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| 193 | <primary sortas="e-etc-postfix-star">/etc/postfix/*</primary></indexterm>
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[6c703f15] | 194 | </sect3>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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[0931098] | 197 |
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| 198 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/aliases << "EOF"</command>
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| 199 | # Begin /etc/aliases
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| 200 |
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| 201 | MAILER-DAEMON: postmaster
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| 202 | postmaster: root
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| 203 |
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| 204 | root: LOGIN
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| 205 | # End /etc/aliases
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| 206 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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| 207 |
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[8568fa6] | 208 | <note><para>To protect an existing <filename>/etc/aliases</filename> file, the
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| 209 | above command appends these aliases to it if it exists. This file should be
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| 210 | checked and duplicate aliases removed, if present.</para></note>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <para>The <filename>/etc/aliases</filename> file that was just created or
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| 213 | appended, the <filename>main.cf</filename> and the
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| 214 | <filename>master.cf</filename> must be personalized for your system. The
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| 215 | <filename>aliases</filename> file needs your non-root login identity so mail
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| 216 | addressed to root can be forwarded to you at the user level. The
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| 217 | <filename>main.cf</filename> file needs your fully qualified hostname. All of
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[793c1ba] | 218 | these edits can be done with <command>sed</command> commands entered into the
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| 219 | console with appropriate substitutions of your non-root login name for
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[8568fa6] | 220 | <replaceable>[user]</replaceable> and your fully qualified hostname for
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| 221 | <replaceable>[localhost.localdomain]</replaceable>. You will find the
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| 222 | <filename>main.cf</filename> file is self documenting, so load it into your
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| 223 | editor to make the changes you need for your situation.</para>
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| 224 |
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[12a352e2] | 225 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i "s/LOGIN/<replaceable>[user]</replaceable>/" /etc/aliases &&
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| 226 | sed -i "s/#myhostname = host.domain.tld/myhostname = \
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| 227 | <replaceable>[localhost.localdomain]</replaceable>/" /etc/postfix/main.cf &&
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[0931098] | 228 | /usr/bin/newaliases &&
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| 229 | /usr/sbin/postfix start</command></userinput></screen></sect3>
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| 230 |
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[c27a15a4] | 231 | <sect3 id="postfix-init"><title>Postfix init.d script</title>
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[0931098] | 232 |
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[6c8ceb4] | 233 | <para>To automate the running of Postfix at startup, install the
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| 234 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/postfix</filename> init script included in the
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| 235 | <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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[c27a15a4] | 236 | <indexterm zone="postfix postfix-init"> <primary
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| 237 | sortas="f-postfix">postfix</primary></indexterm>
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[0931098] | 238 |
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| 239 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-postfix</command></userinput></screen>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | </sect3>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | </sect2>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <sect2>
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| 246 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 247 |
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[c27a15a4] | 248 | <segmentedlist>
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| 249 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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[793c1ba] | 250 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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[c27a15a4] | 251 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <seglistitem>
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| 254 | <seg>bounce, cleanup, error, flush, lmtp, local, mailq, master,
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| 255 | newaliases, nqmgr, oqmgr, pickup, pipe, postalias, postcat, postconf,
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| 256 | postdrop, postfix, postkick, postlock, postlog, postmap, postqueue,
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| 257 | postsuper, proxymap, qmgr, qmqpd, sendmail, showq, smtp, smtpd, spawn,
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| 258 | trivial-rewrite, verify, and virtual</seg>
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[793c1ba] | 259 | <seg>None</seg>
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[c27a15a4] | 260 | <seg>/etc/postfix and /usr/share/doc/postfix</seg>
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| 261 | </seglistitem>
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| 262 | </segmentedlist>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <variablelist>
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| 265 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 266 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <varlistentry id="bounce">
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| 269 | <term><command>bounce</command></term>
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| 270 | <listitem><para>A daemon that maintains per-message log files with
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| 271 | non-delivery status information.</para>
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| 272 | <indexterm zone="postfix bounce">
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| 273 | <primary sortas="b-bounce">bounce</primary></indexterm>
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| 274 | </listitem>
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| 275 | </varlistentry>
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| 276 |
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| 277 | <varlistentry id="cleanup">
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| 278 | <term><command>cleanup</command></term>
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| 279 | <listitem><para>A daemon that processes inbound mail, inserts it into the
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| 280 | incoming mail queue, and informs the queue manager of its arrival.</para>
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| 281 | <indexterm zone="postfix cleanup">
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| 282 | <primary sortas="b-cleanup">cleanup</primary></indexterm>
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| 283 | </listitem>
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| 284 | </varlistentry>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <varlistentry id="error">
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| 287 | <term><command>error</command></term>
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| 288 | <listitem><para>A deamon that processes non-delivery requests from the
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| 289 | queue manager.</para>
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| 290 | <indexterm zone="postfix error">
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| 291 | <primary sortas="b-error">error</primary></indexterm>
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| 292 | </listitem>
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| 293 | </varlistentry>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | <varlistentry id="flush">
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| 296 | <term><command>flush</command></term>
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| 297 | <listitem><para>A daemon that maintains a record of deferred mail by
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| 298 | destination.</para>
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| 299 | <indexterm zone="postfix flush">
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| 300 | <primary sortas="b-flush">flush</primary></indexterm>
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| 301 | </listitem>
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| 302 | </varlistentry>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <varlistentry id="lmtp">
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| 305 | <term><command>lmtp</command></term>
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| 306 | <listitem><para>A daemon that processes message delivery requests from the
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| 307 | queue manager.</para>
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| 308 | <indexterm zone="postfix lmtp">
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| 309 | <primary sortas="b-lmtp">lmtp</primary></indexterm>
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| 310 | </listitem>
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| 311 | </varlistentry>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | <varlistentry id="local">
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| 314 | <term><command>local</command></term>
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| 315 | <listitem><para>A daemon that processes delivery requests from the queue
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| 316 | manager to deliver mail to local recipients.</para>
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| 317 | <indexterm zone="postfix local">
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| 318 | <primary sortas="b-local">local</primary></indexterm>
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| 319 | </listitem>
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| 320 | </varlistentry>
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| 321 |
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| 322 | <varlistentry id="mailq">
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| 323 | <term><command>mailq</command></term>
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| 324 | <listitem><para>A symlink to <filename>sendmail</filename>.</para>
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| 325 | <indexterm zone="postfix mailq">
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| 326 | <primary sortas="b-mailq">mailq</primary></indexterm>
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| 327 | </listitem>
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| 328 | </varlistentry>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | <varlistentry id="master">
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| 331 | <term><command>master</command></term>
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| 332 | <listitem><para>The resident process that runs
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| 333 | <application>Postfix</application> daemons on demand.</para>
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| 334 | <indexterm zone="postfix master">
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| 335 | <primary sortas="b-master">master</primary></indexterm>
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| 336 | </listitem>
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| 337 | </varlistentry>
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| 338 |
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| 339 | <varlistentry id="newaliases">
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| 340 | <term><command>newaliases</command></term>
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| 341 | <listitem><para>A symlink to <filename>sendmail</filename>.</para>
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| 342 | <indexterm zone="postfix newaliases">
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| 343 | <primary sortas="b-newaliases">newaliases</primary></indexterm>
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| 344 | </listitem>
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| 345 | </varlistentry>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | <varlistentry id="nqmgr">
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| 348 | <term><command>nqmgr</command></term>
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| 349 | <listitem><para>A daemon that awaits the arrival of incoming mail and
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| 350 | arranges for its delivery.</para>
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| 351 | <indexterm zone="postfix nqmgr">
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| 352 | <primary sortas="b-nqmgr">nqmgr</primary></indexterm>
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| 353 | </listitem>
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| 354 | </varlistentry>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | <varlistentry id="oqmgr">
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| 357 | <term><command>oqmgr</command></term>
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| 358 | <listitem><para>The old style queue manager. This will be removed
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| 359 | soon.</para>
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| 360 | <indexterm zone="postfix oqmgr">
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| 361 | <primary sortas="b-oqmgr">oqmgr</primary></indexterm>
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| 362 | </listitem>
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| 363 | </varlistentry>
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| 364 |
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| 365 | <varlistentry id="pickup">
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| 366 | <term><command>pickup</command></term>
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| 367 | <listitem><para>A daemon that waits for hints that new mail has been
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| 368 | dropped into the maildrop directory, and feeds it into the
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| 369 | <application>cleanup</application> daemon.</para>
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| 370 | <indexterm zone="postfix pickup">
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| 371 | <primary sortas="b-pickup">pickup</primary></indexterm>
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| 372 | </listitem>
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| 373 | </varlistentry>
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| 374 |
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| 375 | <varlistentry id="pipe">
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| 376 | <term><command>pipe</command></term>
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| 377 | <listitem><para>A daemon that processes requests from the queue
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| 378 | manager to deliver messages to external commands.</para>
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| 379 | <indexterm zone="postfix pipe">
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| 380 | <primary sortas="b-pipe">pipe</primary></indexterm>
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| 381 | </listitem>
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| 382 | </varlistentry>
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| 383 |
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| 384 | <varlistentry id="postalias">
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| 385 | <term><command>postalias</command></term>
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| 386 | <listitem><para>Creates or queries one or more
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| 387 | <application>Postfix</application> alias databases, or updates an
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| 388 | existing one.</para>
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| 389 | <indexterm zone="postfix postalias">
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| 390 | <primary sortas="b-postalias">postalias</primary></indexterm>
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| 391 | </listitem>
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| 392 | </varlistentry>
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| 393 |
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| 394 | <varlistentry id="postcat">
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| 395 | <term><command>postcat</command></term>
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| 396 | <listitem><para>Prints the contents of the
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| 397 | <application>named</application> files in human readable format.</para>
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| 398 | <indexterm zone="postfix postcat">
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| 399 | <primary sortas="b-postcat">postcat</primary></indexterm>
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| 400 | </listitem>
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| 401 | </varlistentry>
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| 402 |
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| 403 | <varlistentry id="postconf">
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| 404 | <term><command>postconf</command></term>
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| 405 | <listitem><para>Displays or changes the value of
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| 406 | <application>Postfix</application> configuration parameters.</para>
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| 407 | <indexterm zone="postfix postconf">
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| 408 | <primary sortas="b-postconf">postconf</primary></indexterm>
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| 409 | </listitem>
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| 410 | </varlistentry>
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| 411 |
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| 412 | <varlistentry id="postdrop">
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| 413 | <term><command>postdrop</command></term>
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| 414 | <listitem><para>Creates a file in the maildrop directory and copies
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| 415 | it's standard input to the file.</para>
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| 416 | <indexterm zone="postfix postdrop">
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| 417 | <primary sortas="b-postdrop">postdrop</primary></indexterm>
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| 418 | </listitem>
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| 419 | </varlistentry>
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| 420 |
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| 421 | <varlistentry id="postfix-bin">
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| 422 | <term><command>postfix</command></term>
|
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| 423 | <listitem><para>Controls the operation of the
|
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| 424 | <application>Postfix</application> mail system.</para>
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| 425 | <indexterm zone="postfix postfix-bin">
|
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| 426 | <primary sortas="b-postfix">postfix</primary></indexterm>
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| 427 | </listitem>
|
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| 428 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 429 |
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| 430 | <varlistentry id="postkick">
|
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| 431 | <term><command>postkick</command></term>
|
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| 432 | <listitem><para>Sends requests to the specified service over a
|
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| 433 | local transport channel.</para>
|
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| 434 | <indexterm zone="postfix postkick">
|
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| 435 | <primary sortas="b-postkick">postkick</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 436 | </listitem>
|
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| 437 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 438 |
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| 439 | <varlistentry id="postlock">
|
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| 440 | <term><command>postlock</command></term>
|
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| 441 | <listitem><para>Locks a mail folder for exclusive use, and executes
|
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| 442 | commands passed to it.</para>
|
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| 443 | <indexterm zone="postfix postlock">
|
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| 444 | <primary sortas="b-postlock">postlock</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 445 | </listitem>
|
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| 446 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 447 |
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| 448 | <varlistentry id="postlog">
|
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| 449 | <term><command>postlog</command></term>
|
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| 450 | <listitem><para>A <application>Postfix</application>-compatible logging
|
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| 451 | interface for use in, for example, shell scripts.</para>
|
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| 452 | <indexterm zone="postfix postlog">
|
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| 453 | <primary sortas="b-postlog">postlog</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 454 | </listitem>
|
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| 455 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 456 |
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| 457 | <varlistentry id="postmap">
|
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| 458 | <term><command>postmap</command></term>
|
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| 459 | <listitem><para>Creates or queries one or more Postfix lookup
|
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| 460 | tables, or updates an existing one.</para>
|
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| 461 | <indexterm zone="postfix postmap">
|
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| 462 | <primary sortas="b-postmap">postmap</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 463 | </listitem>
|
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| 464 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 465 |
|
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| 466 | <varlistentry id="postqueue">
|
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| 467 | <term><command>postqueue</command></term>
|
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| 468 | <listitem><para>The <application>Postfix</application> user interface for
|
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| 469 | queue management.</para>
|
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| 470 | <indexterm zone="postfix postqueue">
|
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| 471 | <primary sortas="b-postqueue">postqueue</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 472 | </listitem>
|
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| 473 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 474 |
|
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| 475 | <varlistentry id="postsuper">
|
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| 476 | <term><command>postsuper</command></term>
|
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| 477 | <listitem><para>The <application>Postfix</application> user interface for
|
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| 478 | superuser queue management.</para>
|
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| 479 | <indexterm zone="postfix postsuper">
|
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| 480 | <primary sortas="b-postsuper">postsuper</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 481 | </listitem>
|
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| 482 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 483 |
|
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| 484 | <varlistentry id="proxymap">
|
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| 485 | <term><command>proxymap</command></term>
|
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| 486 | <listitem><para>Provides read-only table lookup services to other
|
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| 487 | <application>Postfix</application> processes.</para>
|
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| 488 | <indexterm zone="postfix proxymap">
|
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| 489 | <primary sortas="b-proxymap">proxymap</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 490 | </listitem>
|
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| 491 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 492 |
|
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| 493 | <varlistentry id="qmgr">
|
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| 494 | <term><command>qmgr</command></term>
|
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| 495 | <listitem><para>A daemon that awaits the arrival of incoming mail and
|
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| 496 | arranges for its delivery.</para>
|
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| 497 | <indexterm zone="postfix qmgr">
|
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| 498 | <primary sortas="b-qmgr">qmgr</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 499 | </listitem>
|
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| 500 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 501 |
|
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| 502 | <varlistentry id="qmqpd">
|
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| 503 | <term><command>qmqpd</command></term>
|
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| 504 | <listitem><para>A daemon that receives one message per connection, and
|
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| 505 | pipes it through the <application>cleanup</application> daemon, and
|
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| 506 | places it into the incoming queue.</para>
|
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| 507 | <indexterm zone="postfix qmqpd">
|
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| 508 | <primary sortas="b-qmqpd">qmqpd</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 509 | </listitem>
|
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| 510 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 511 |
|
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| 512 | <varlistentry id="sendmail-postfix">
|
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| 513 | <term><command>sendmail</command></term>
|
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| 514 | <listitem><para>The <application>Postfix</application> to
|
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| 515 | <application>Sendmail</application> compatibility interface.</para>
|
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| 516 | <indexterm zone="postfix sendmail-postfix">
|
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| 517 | <primary sortas="b-sendmail">sendmail</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 518 | </listitem>
|
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| 519 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 520 |
|
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| 521 | <varlistentry id="showq">
|
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| 522 | <term><command>showq</command></term>
|
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| 523 | <listitem><para>A daemon that reports the Postfix mail queue status.</para>
|
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| 524 | <indexterm zone="postfix showq">
|
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| 525 | <primary sortas="b-showq">showq</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 526 | </listitem>
|
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| 527 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 528 |
|
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| 529 | <varlistentry id="smtp">
|
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| 530 | <term><command>smtp</command></term>
|
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| 531 | <listitem><para>Looks up a list of mail exchanger addresses for the
|
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| 532 | destination host, sorts the list by preference, and connects to
|
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| 533 | each listed address until it finds a server that responds.</para>
|
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| 534 | <indexterm zone="postfix smtp">
|
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| 535 | <primary sortas="b-smtp">smtp</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 536 | </listitem>
|
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| 537 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 538 |
|
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| 539 | <varlistentry id="smtpd">
|
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| 540 | <term><command>smtpd</command></term>
|
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| 541 | <listitem><para>Accepts network connection requests and performs zero
|
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| 542 | or more SMTP transactions per connection.</para>
|
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| 543 | <indexterm zone="postfix smtpd">
|
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| 544 | <primary sortas="b-smtpd">smtpd</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 545 | </listitem>
|
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| 546 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 547 |
|
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| 548 | <varlistentry id="spawn">
|
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| 549 | <term><command>spawn</command></term>
|
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| 550 | <listitem><para>Listens on a port as specified in the
|
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| 551 | <application>Postfix</application> <filename>master.cf</filename> file
|
---|
| 552 | and spawns an external command whenever a connection is established.</para>
|
---|
| 553 | <indexterm zone="postfix spawn">
|
---|
| 554 | <primary sortas="b-spawn">spawn</primary></indexterm>
|
---|
| 555 | </listitem>
|
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| 556 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 557 |
|
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| 558 | <varlistentry id="trivial-rewrite">
|
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| 559 | <term><command>trivial-rewrite</command></term>
|
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| 560 | <listitem><para>A daemon that rewrites addresses to standard form.</para>
|
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| 561 | <indexterm zone="postfix trivial-rewrite">
|
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| 562 | <primary sortas="b-trivial-rewrite">trivial-rewrite</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 563 | </listitem>
|
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| 564 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 565 |
|
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| 566 | <varlistentry id="verify">
|
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| 567 | <term><command>verify</command></term>
|
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| 568 | <listitem><para>Maintains a record of what recipient addresses are known
|
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| 569 | to be deliverable or undeliverable.</para>
|
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| 570 | <indexterm zone="postfix verify">
|
---|
| 571 | <primary sortas="b-verify">verify</primary></indexterm>
|
---|
| 572 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 573 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 574 |
|
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| 575 | <varlistentry id="virtual">
|
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| 576 | <term><command>virtual</command></term>
|
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[6c703f15] | 577 | <listitem><para>Delivers mail to virtual user's mail directories.</para>
|
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[c27a15a4] | 578 | <indexterm zone="postfix virtual">
|
---|
| 579 | <primary sortas="b-virtual">virtual</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 580 | </listitem>
|
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| 581 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 582 | </variablelist>
|
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| 584 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 585 |
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| 586 | </sect1>
|
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| 587 |
|
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