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[0931098]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
[6732c094]2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
[0931098]4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
[45cd2f9]7 <!ENTITY postfix-download-http "http://postfix.energybeam.com/source/official/postfix-&postfix-version;.tar.gz">
[417f9e7]8 <!ENTITY postfix-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-&postfix-version;.tar.gz">
[438c11ab]9 <!ENTITY postfix-md5sum "a9fdd0f204e7ca0b7d32fd0b9f8f8c72">
10 <!ENTITY postfix-size "3.5 MB">
11 <!ENTITY postfix-buildsize "132 MB">
[45cd2f9]12 <!ENTITY postfix-time "0.4 SBU">
[0931098]13]>
14
[547df0bc]15<sect1 id="postfix" xreflabel="Postfix-&postfix-version;">
[417f9e7]16 <?dbhtml filename="postfix.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 </sect1info>
22
23 <title>Postfix-&postfix-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="postfix">
26 <primary sortas="a-Postfix">Postfix</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect2 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to Postfix</title>
31
32 <para>The <application>Postfix</application> package contains a Mail
33 Transport Agent (MTA). This is useful for sending email to other users
34 of your host machine. It can also be configured to be a central mail
35 server for your domain, a mail relay agent or simply a mail delivery
36 agent to your local Internet Service Provider (ISP).</para>
37
[438c11ab]38 &lfs70_checked;
39
[417f9e7]40 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
41 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
42 <listitem>
43 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&postfix-download-http;"/></para>
44 </listitem>
45 <listitem>
46 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&postfix-download-ftp;"/></para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>Download MD5 sum: &postfix-md5sum;</para>
50 </listitem>
51 <listitem>
52 <para>Download size: &postfix-size;</para>
53 </listitem>
54 <listitem>
55 <para>Estimated disk space required: &postfix-buildsize;</para>
56 </listitem>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>Estimated build time: &postfix-time;</para>
59 </listitem>
60 </itemizedlist>
61
62 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Postfix Dependencies</bridgehead>
63
64 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
[a6ac43b]65 <para role="required"><xref linkend="db"/></para>
[417f9e7]66
67 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
[438c11ab]68 <para role="optional">
69 <xref linkend="pcre"/>,
70 <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
71 <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
72 <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
73 <xref linkend="mysql"/>,
74 <xref linkend="postgresql"/>, and
75 <ulink url="http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html">cdb</ulink> or
76 <ulink url="http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/tinycdb.html">TinyCDB</ulink>
77 </para>
78
79 <para>Note that mysql, postgresql, and cdb are only useful if
80 there is a known need for them.</para>
[417f9e7]81
[3cb0c57]82 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
83 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/postfix"/></para>
84
[417f9e7]85 </sect2>
86
87 <sect2 role="installation">
88 <title>Installation of Postfix</title>
89
90 <sect3>
91 <title>Configuring the Build</title>
92
93 <para>The <application>Postfix</application> source tree does not contain
94 a <filename>configure</filename> script, rather the makefile in the
95 top-level directory contains a <option>makefiles</option> target that
96 regenerates all the other makefiles in the build tree. If you wish to
97 use additional software such as a database back-end for virtual users, or
98 TLS/SSL authentication, you will need to regenerate the makefiles using
99 one or more of the appropriate <envar>CCARGS</envar> and
100 <envar>AUXLIBS</envar> settings listed below.</para>
[438c11ab]101<!--
[5690030]102 <para>Here is an example that combines the TLS and
[417f9e7]103 <application>Cyrus-SASL</application> arguments:</para>
104
105<screen><userinput>make makefiles \
[07abc5b]106CCARGS='-DUSE_TLS -DUSE_SASL_AUTH -DUSE_CYRUS_SASL \
107 -DDEF_DAEMON_DIR=\"/usr/lib/postfix\" \
108 -DDEF_MANPAGE_DIR=\"/usr/share/man\" \
109 -DDEF_HTML_DIR=\"/usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;/html\" \
110 -DDEF_README_DIR=\"/usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;/README\" \
111 -I/usr/include/openssl -I/usr/include/sasl' \
[438c11ab]112 AUXLIBS='-lssl -lcrypto -lsasl2'</userinput></screen>
113-->
[417f9e7]114 <sect4>
[45cd2f9]115 <title>Perl compatible regular expressions</title>
[3bfd1d6]116
[45cd2f9]117 <para>To use <application>PCRE</application> with
[438c11ab]118 <application>Postfix</application>, use the following argument:</para>
[3bfd1d6]119
[438c11ab]120<screen><literal>CCARGS='-DHAS_PCRE'</literal></screen>
[3bfd1d6]121
[417f9e7]122 </sect4>
[3bfd1d6]123
[417f9e7]124 <sect4>
125 <title>Cyrus-SASL</title>
[3bfd1d6]126
[417f9e7]127 <para>To use <application>Cyrus-SASL</application> with
128 <application>Postfix</application>, use the following arguments:</para>
[3bfd1d6]129
[07abc5b]130<screen><literal>CCARGS='-DUSE_SASL_AUTH -DUSE_CYRUS_SASL -I/usr/include/sasl'
[438c11ab]131AUXLIBS='-lsasl2'</literal></screen>
[3bfd1d6]132
[417f9e7]133 </sect4>
[3bfd1d6]134
[438c11ab]135<!--
[45cd2f9]136 <sect4>
[104733c]137 <title>Berkeley DB</title>
[45cd2f9]138
[104733c]139 <para>To use <application>Berkeley DB</application> with
[45cd2f9]140 <application>Postfix</application>, use the following
141 arguments:</para>
142
143<screen><literal>CCARGS='-DHAS_DB -I/usr/include'
144AUXLIBS='-L/usr/lib -ldb'</literal></screen>
145
146 </sect4>
[438c11ab]147-->
[417f9e7]148 <sect4>
149 <title>OpenLDAP</title>
[3bfd1d6]150
[417f9e7]151 <para>To use <application>OpenLDAP</application> with
152 <application>Postfix</application>, use the following
153 arguments:</para>
[3bfd1d6]154
[438c11ab]155<screen><literal>CCARGS='-DHAS_LDAP'
156AUXLIBS='-lldap -llber'</literal></screen>
[3bfd1d6]157
[417f9e7]158 </sect4>
[3bfd1d6]159
[417f9e7]160 <sect4>
161 <title>MySQL</title>
[0931098]162
[417f9e7]163 <para>To use <application>MySQL</application> with
164 <application>Postfix</application>, use the following
165 arguments:</para>
166
[5690030]167<screen><literal>CCARGS='-DHAS_MYSQL -I/usr/include/mysql'
[438c11ab]168AUXLIBS='-lmysqlclient -lz -lm'</literal></screen>
[417f9e7]169
170 </sect4>
171
172 <sect4>
173 <title>PostgreSQL</title>
174
175 <para>To use <application>PostgreSQL</application> with
176 <application>Postfix</application>, use the following
177 arguments:</para>
178
[5690030]179<screen><literal>CCARGS='-DHAS_PGSQL -I/usr/include/postgresql'
[438c11ab]180AUXLIBS='-lpq -lz -lm'</literal></screen>
[417f9e7]181
182 </sect4>
183
[daeea03]184 <sect4>
[45cd2f9]185 <title>CDB/TinyCDB</title>
[daeea03]186
[45cd2f9]187 <para>To use <application>CDB</application> or
188 <application>TinyCDB</application> with
[daeea03]189 <application>Postfix</application>, use the following
190 arguments:</para>
191
[bccbdaea]192<screen><literal>CCARGS='-DHAS_CDB'
[410e228b]193AUXLIBS='<replaceable>&lt;/path/to/CDB&gt;</replaceable>/libcdb.a'</literal></screen>
[45cd2f9]194
195 </sect4>
196
197 <sect4>
198 <title>StartTLS Authentication</title>
199
200 <para>To use <application>OpenSSL</application> with
201 <application>Postfix</application>, use the following
202 arguments:</para>
203
204<screen><literal>CCARGS='-DUSE_TLS -I/usr/include/openssl/'
[438c11ab]205AUXLIBS='-lssl -lcrypto'</literal></screen>
[daeea03]206
207 </sect4>
208
[417f9e7]209 </sect3>
210
211 <sect3>
212 <title>Installing Postfix</title>
213
214 <para>Before you compile the program, you need to create users and groups
[0dfb754]215 that will be expected to be in place during the installation.
216 Add the users and groups with the following commands issued by the
217 <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user:</para>
218
219<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 32 postfix &amp;&amp;
220groupadd -g 33 postdrop &amp;&amp;
221useradd -c "Postfix Daemon User" -d /dev/null -g postfix \
222 -s /bin/false -u 32 postfix &amp;&amp;
223chown -v postfix:postfix /var/mail</userinput></screen>
[0931098]224
[417f9e7]225 <para>Install <application>Postfix</application> by running the
226 following commands:</para>
[438c11ab]227<!--
[cef276c]228<screen><userinput>make makefiles \
229CCARGS='-DDEF_DAEMON_DIR=\"/usr/lib/postfix\" \
230 -DDEF_MANPAGE_DIR=\"/usr/share/man\" \
231 -DDEF_HTML_DIR=\"/usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;/html\" \
232 -DDEF_README_DIR=\"/usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;/README\" \
233 <replaceable>&lt;additional args&gt;</replaceable>' \
[b8dba81]234 <replaceable>&lt;AUXLIBS='additional args'&gt;</replaceable> &amp;&amp;
[5690030]235make</userinput></screen>
[438c11ab]236-->
237
238<screen><userinput>PF_CCARGS="-DDEF_DAEMON_DIR=\\\"/usr/lib/postfix\\\""
239PF_CCARGS="$PF_CCARGS -DDEF_MANPAGE_DIR=\\\"/usr/share/man\\\""
240PF_CCARGS="$PF_CCARGS -DDEF_HTML_DIR=\\\"/usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;/html\\\""
241PF_CCARGS="$PF_CCARGS -DDEF_README_DIR=\\\"/usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;/README\\\""
242PF_CCARGS="$PF_CCARGS -DHAS_PCRE"
243PF_CCARGS="$PF_CCARGS -DUSE_TLS -I/usr/include/openssl"
244
245PF_AUXLIBS="-lpcre -lssl -lcrypto"
246
247make makefiles CCARGS="$PF_CCARGS" AUXLIBS="$PF_AUXLIBS" &amp;&amp;
248make &amp;&amp;
249unset PF_CCARGS PF_AUXLIBS</userinput></screen>
[0dfb754]250
[cef276c]251 <!-- There is a testsuite, but it fails a lot. It seems to need
252 the host to be specifically setup for the tests.
253 Run with `make tests' and `make root_tests' -->
[daeea03]254 <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
255
[0dfb754]256 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
257
[5690030]258<screen role='root'><userinput>sh postfix-install -non-interactive</userinput></screen>
[417f9e7]259
260 </sect3>
[0931098]261
[417f9e7]262 </sect2>
[0931098]263
[417f9e7]264 <sect2 role="commands">
265 <title>Command Explanations</title>
[0931098]266
[417f9e7]267 <para><command>make makefiles</command>: This command rebuilds the
268 makefiles throughout the source tree to use the options contained in the
269 <envar>CCARGS</envar> and <envar>AUXLIBS</envar> variables.</para>
[8568fa6]270
[438c11ab]271 <para>\\\": This structure is used to get a literal \" into the variable
272 definition.</para>
273
[cef276c]274 <para><command>sh postfix-install -non-interactive</command>: This
[5690030]275 keeps the install script from asking any questions, thereby accepting
[cef276c]276 default destination directories in all but the few cases mentioned in
[5690030]277 the 'make makefiles' command.</para>
278
[417f9e7]279 </sect2>
[0931098]280
[417f9e7]281 <sect2 role="configuration">
282 <title>Configuring Postfix</title>
[0931098]283
[417f9e7]284 <sect3 id="postfix-config">
285 <title>Config Files</title>
[0931098]286
[417f9e7]287 <para><filename>/etc/aliases</filename>,
288 <filename>/etc/postfix/main.cf</filename>, and
289 <filename>/etc/postfix/master.cf</filename></para>
[6c703f15]290
[417f9e7]291 <indexterm zone="postfix postfix-config">
292 <primary sortas="e-etc-aliases">/etc/aliases</primary>
293 </indexterm>
[0931098]294
[417f9e7]295 <indexterm zone="postfix postfix-config">
296 <primary sortas="e-etc-postfix-star">/etc/postfix/*</primary>
297 </indexterm>
298
299 </sect3>
300
301 <sect3>
302 <title>Configuration Information</title>
303
304<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/aliases &lt;&lt; "EOF"
305<literal># Begin /etc/aliases
[0931098]306
307MAILER-DAEMON: postmaster
308postmaster: root
309
310root: LOGIN
[417f9e7]311# End /etc/aliases</literal>
312EOF</userinput></screen>
313
314 <note>
315 <para>To protect an existing <filename>/etc/aliases</filename> file,
316 the above command appends these aliases to it if it exists. This file
317 should be checked and duplicate aliases removed, if present.</para>
318 </note>
319
320 <para>The <filename>/etc/aliases</filename> file that was just created
321 or appended, the <filename>main.cf</filename> and the
322 <filename>master.cf</filename> must be personalized for your system.
323 The <filename>aliases</filename> file needs your non-root login identity
324 so mail addressed to <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> can
325 be forwarded to you at the user level. The <filename>main.cf</filename>
326 file needs your fully qualified hostname. All of these edits can be done
327 with <command>sed</command> commands entered into the console with
328 appropriate substitutions of your non-root login name for
[3cb0c57]329 <replaceable>&lt;user&gt;</replaceable> and your fully qualified hostname for
330 <replaceable>&lt;localhost.localdomain&gt;</replaceable>. You will find the
[417f9e7]331 <filename>main.cf</filename> file is self documenting, so load it into
332 your editor to make the changes you need for your situation.</para>
333
[3cb0c57]334<screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i "s/LOGIN/<replaceable>&lt;user&gt;</replaceable>/" /etc/aliases &amp;&amp;
[417f9e7]335sed -i "s/#myhostname = host.domain.tld/myhostname = \
[3cb0c57]336 <replaceable>&lt;localhost.localdomain&gt;</replaceable>/" /etc/postfix/main.cf &amp;&amp;
[cef276c]337/usr/bin/newaliases</userinput></screen>
338
339 <para>If you have an existing configuration, you can run the
340 <command>postfix</command> utility to add any necessary definitions
341 to your existing files. As the
342 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
343
344<screen role="root"><userinput>/usr/sbin/postfix upgrade-configuration</userinput></screen>
345
346 <para>Before starting <application>Postfix</application>, you
347 should check that your configuration and file permissions will work
348 properly. Run the following commands as the
349 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to check and
350 start your <application>Postfix</application> server:</para>
351
352<screen role="root"><userinput>/usr/sbin/postfix check &amp;&amp;
[417f9e7]353/usr/sbin/postfix start</userinput></screen>
354
355 </sect3>
356
357 <sect3 id="postfix-init">
358 <title>Boot Script</title>
359
360 <para>To automate the running of Postfix at startup, install the
361 <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/postfix</filename> init script included
[5254d12]362 in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
[417f9e7]363
364 <indexterm zone="postfix postfix-init">
365 <primary sortas="f-postfix">postfix</primary>
366 </indexterm>
367
368<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-postfix</userinput></screen>
369
370 </sect3>
371
372 </sect2>
373
374 <sect2 role="content">
375 <title>Contents</title>
376
377 <segmentedlist>
378 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
379 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
380 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
381
382 <seglistitem>
[2686d16]383 <seg>anvil, bounce, cleanup, discard, error, flush, lmtp, local, mailq,
384 master, newaliases, nqmgr, oqmgr, pickup, pipe, postalias, postcat,
385 postconf, postdrop, postfix, postkick, postlock, postlog, postmap,
[de2551f]386 postqueue, postsuper, proxymap, qmgr, qmqpd, scache, sendmail, showq,
387 smtp, smtpd, spawn, tlsmgr, trivial-rewrite, verify, and virtual</seg>
[417f9e7]388 <seg>None</seg>
[cef276c]389 <seg>/etc/postfix, /usr/lib/postfix and
390 /usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;</seg>
[417f9e7]391 </seglistitem>
392 </segmentedlist>
393
394 <variablelist>
395 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
396 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
397 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
398
[2686d16]399 <varlistentry id="anvil">
400 <term><command>anvil</command></term>
401 <listitem>
402 <para>Provides connection and rate request limiting.</para>
403 <indexterm zone="postfix anvil">
404 <primary sortas="b-anvil">anvil</primary>
405 </indexterm>
406 </listitem>
407 </varlistentry>
408
[417f9e7]409 <varlistentry id="bounce">
410 <term><command>bounce</command></term>
411 <listitem>
412 <para>A daemon that maintains per-message log files with
413 non-delivery status information.</para>
414 <indexterm zone="postfix bounce">
415 <primary sortas="b-bounce">bounce</primary>
416 </indexterm>
417 </listitem>
418 </varlistentry>
419
420 <varlistentry id="cleanup">
421 <term><command>cleanup</command></term>
422 <listitem>
423 <para>A daemon that processes inbound mail, inserts it into the
[2686d16]424 incoming mail queue, and informs the queue manager of its
425 arrival.</para>
[417f9e7]426 <indexterm zone="postfix cleanup">
427 <primary sortas="b-cleanup">cleanup</primary>
428 </indexterm>
429 </listitem>
430 </varlistentry>
431
[2686d16]432 <varlistentry id="discard">
433 <term><command>discard</command></term>
434 <listitem>
[76d61ba]435 <para>Processes delivery requests from the queue manager that cannot
[2686d16]436 be delivered to the recipient.</para>
437 <indexterm zone="postfix discard">
438 <primary sortas="b-discard">discard</primary>
439 </indexterm>
440 </listitem>
441 </varlistentry>
442
[417f9e7]443 <varlistentry id="error">
444 <term><command>error</command></term>
445 <listitem>
[45de7f7]446 <para>A daemon that processes non-delivery requests from the
[417f9e7]447 queue manager.</para>
448 <indexterm zone="postfix error">
449 <primary sortas="b-error">error</primary>
450 </indexterm>
451 </listitem>
452 </varlistentry>
453
454 <varlistentry id="flush">
455 <term><command>flush</command></term>
456 <listitem>
457 <para>A daemon that maintains a record of deferred mail by
458 destination.</para>
459 <indexterm zone="postfix flush">
460 <primary sortas="b-flush">flush</primary>
461 </indexterm>
462 </listitem>
463 </varlistentry>
464
465 <varlistentry id="lmtp">
466 <term><command>lmtp</command></term>
467 <listitem>
468 <para>A daemon that processes message delivery requests from the
469 queue manager.</para>
470 <indexterm zone="postfix lmtp">
471 <primary sortas="b-lmtp">lmtp</primary>
472 </indexterm>
473 </listitem>
474 </varlistentry>
475
476 <varlistentry id="local">
477 <term><command>local</command></term>
478 <listitem>
479 <para>A daemon that processes delivery requests from the queue
480 manager to deliver mail to local recipients.</para>
481 <indexterm zone="postfix local">
482 <primary sortas="b-local">local</primary>
483 </indexterm>
484 </listitem>
485 </varlistentry>
486
487 <varlistentry id="mailq">
488 <term><command>mailq</command></term>
489 <listitem>
490 <para>A symlink to <filename>sendmail</filename>.</para>
491 <indexterm zone="postfix mailq">
492 <primary sortas="b-mailq">mailq</primary>
493 </indexterm>
494 </listitem>
495 </varlistentry>
496
497 <varlistentry id="master">
498 <term><command>master</command></term>
499 <listitem>
500 <para>The resident process that runs
501 <application>Postfix</application> daemons on demand.</para>
502 <indexterm zone="postfix master">
503 <primary sortas="b-master">master</primary>
504 </indexterm>
505 </listitem>
506 </varlistentry>
507
508 <varlistentry id="newaliases">
509 <term><command>newaliases</command></term>
510 <listitem>
511 <para>A symlink to <filename>sendmail</filename>.</para>
512 <indexterm zone="postfix newaliases">
513 <primary sortas="b-newaliases">newaliases</primary>
514 </indexterm>
515 </listitem>
516 </varlistentry>
517
518 <varlistentry id="nqmgr">
519 <term><command>nqmgr</command></term>
520 <listitem>
521 <para>A daemon that awaits the arrival of incoming mail and
522 arranges for its delivery.</para>
523 <indexterm zone="postfix nqmgr">
524 <primary sortas="b-nqmgr">nqmgr</primary>
525 </indexterm>
526 </listitem>
527 </varlistentry>
528
529 <varlistentry id="oqmgr">
530 <term><command>oqmgr</command></term>
531 <listitem>
532 <para>The old style queue manager. This will be removed soon.</para>
533 <indexterm zone="postfix oqmgr">
534 <primary sortas="b-oqmgr">oqmgr</primary>
535 </indexterm>
536 </listitem>
537 </varlistentry>
538
539 <varlistentry id="pickup">
540 <term><command>pickup</command></term>
541 <listitem>
542 <para>A daemon that waits for hints that new mail has been
543 dropped into the maildrop directory, and feeds it into the
544 <application>cleanup</application> daemon.</para>
545 <indexterm zone="postfix pickup">
546 <primary sortas="b-pickup">pickup</primary>
547 </indexterm>
548 </listitem>
549 </varlistentry>
550
551 <varlistentry id="pipe">
552 <term><command>pipe</command></term>
553 <listitem>
554 <para>A daemon that processes requests from the queue
555 manager to deliver messages to external commands.</para>
556 <indexterm zone="postfix pipe">
557 <primary sortas="b-pipe">pipe</primary>
558 </indexterm>
559 </listitem>
560 </varlistentry>
561
562 <varlistentry id="postalias">
563 <term><command>postalias</command></term>
564 <listitem>
565 <para>Creates or queries one or more
566 <application>Postfix</application> alias databases, or updates an
567 existing one.</para>
568 <indexterm zone="postfix postalias">
569 <primary sortas="b-postalias">postalias</primary>
570 </indexterm>
571 </listitem>
572 </varlistentry>
573
574 <varlistentry id="postcat">
575 <term><command>postcat</command></term>
576 <listitem>
577 <para>Prints the contents of the
578 <application>named</application> files in human readable format.</para>
579 <indexterm zone="postfix postcat">
580 <primary sortas="b-postcat">postcat</primary>
581 </indexterm>
582 </listitem>
583 </varlistentry>
584
585 <varlistentry id="postconf">
586 <term><command>postconf</command></term>
587 <listitem>
588 <para>Displays or changes the value of
589 <application>Postfix</application> configuration parameters.</para>
590 <indexterm zone="postfix postconf">
591 <primary sortas="b-postconf">postconf</primary>
592 </indexterm>
593 </listitem>
594 </varlistentry>
595
596 <varlistentry id="postdrop">
597 <term><command>postdrop</command></term>
598 <listitem>
599 <para>Creates a file in the maildrop directory and copies
600 it's standard input to the file.</para>
601 <indexterm zone="postfix postdrop">
602 <primary sortas="b-postdrop">postdrop</primary>
603 </indexterm>
604 </listitem>
605 </varlistentry>
606
607 <varlistentry id="postfix-bin">
608 <term><command>postfix</command></term>
609 <listitem>
610 <para>Controls the operation of the
611 <application>Postfix</application> mail system.</para>
612 <indexterm zone="postfix postfix-bin">
613 <primary sortas="b-postfix">postfix</primary>
614 </indexterm>
615 </listitem>
616 </varlistentry>
617
618 <varlistentry id="postkick">
619 <term><command>postkick</command></term>
620 <listitem>
621 <para>Sends requests to the specified service over a
622 local transport channel.</para>
623 <indexterm zone="postfix postkick">
624 <primary sortas="b-postkick">postkick</primary>
625 </indexterm>
626 </listitem>
627 </varlistentry>
628
629 <varlistentry id="postlock">
630 <term><command>postlock</command></term>
631 <listitem>
632 <para>Locks a mail folder for exclusive use, and executes
633 commands passed to it.</para>
634 <indexterm zone="postfix postlock">
635 <primary sortas="b-postlock">postlock</primary>
636 </indexterm>
637 </listitem>
638 </varlistentry>
639
640 <varlistentry id="postlog">
641 <term><command>postlog</command></term>
642 <listitem>
643 <para>A <application>Postfix</application>-compatible logging
644 interface for use in, for example, shell scripts.</para>
645 <indexterm zone="postfix postlog">
646 <primary sortas="b-postlog">postlog</primary>
647 </indexterm>
648 </listitem>
649 </varlistentry>
650
651 <varlistentry id="postmap">
652 <term><command>postmap</command></term>
653 <listitem>
654 <para>Creates or queries one or more Postfix lookup
655 tables, or updates an existing one.</para>
656 <indexterm zone="postfix postmap">
657 <primary sortas="b-postmap">postmap</primary>
658 </indexterm>
659 </listitem>
660 </varlistentry>
661
662 <varlistentry id="postqueue">
663 <term><command>postqueue</command></term>
664 <listitem>
665 <para>The <application>Postfix</application> user interface for
666 queue management.</para>
667 <indexterm zone="postfix postqueue">
668 <primary sortas="b-postqueue">postqueue</primary>
669 </indexterm>
670 </listitem>
671 </varlistentry>
672
673 <varlistentry id="postsuper">
674 <term><command>postsuper</command></term>
675 <listitem>
676 <para>The <application>Postfix</application> user interface for
677 superuser queue management.</para>
678 <indexterm zone="postfix postsuper">
679 <primary sortas="b-postsuper">postsuper</primary>
680 </indexterm>
681 </listitem>
682 </varlistentry>
683
684 <varlistentry id="proxymap">
685 <term><command>proxymap</command></term>
686 <listitem>
687 <para>Provides read-only table lookup services to other
688 <application>Postfix</application> processes.</para>
689 <indexterm zone="postfix proxymap">
690 <primary sortas="b-proxymap">proxymap</primary>
691 </indexterm>
692 </listitem>
693 </varlistentry>
694
695 <varlistentry id="qmgr">
696 <term><command>qmgr</command></term>
697 <listitem>
698 <para>A daemon that awaits the arrival of incoming mail and
699 arranges for its delivery.</para>
700 <indexterm zone="postfix qmgr">
701 <primary sortas="b-qmgr">qmgr</primary>
702 </indexterm>
703 </listitem>
704 </varlistentry>
705
706 <varlistentry id="qmqpd">
707 <term><command>qmqpd</command></term>
708 <listitem>
709 <para>A daemon that receives one message per connection, and
710 pipes it through the <application>cleanup</application> daemon, and
711 places it into the incoming queue.</para>
712 <indexterm zone="postfix qmqpd">
713 <primary sortas="b-qmqpd">qmqpd</primary>
714 </indexterm>
715 </listitem>
716 </varlistentry>
717
[2686d16]718 <varlistentry id="scache">
719 <term><command>scache</command></term>
720 <listitem>
721 <para>Maintains a connection cache used for sharing a connection
722 multiple times.</para>
723 <indexterm zone="postfix scache">
724 <primary sortas="b-scache">scache</primary>
725 </indexterm>
726 </listitem>
727 </varlistentry>
728
[417f9e7]729 <varlistentry id="sendmail-postfix">
730 <term><command>sendmail</command></term>
731 <listitem>
732 <para>The <application>Postfix</application> to
733 <application>Sendmail</application> compatibility interface.</para>
734 <indexterm zone="postfix sendmail-postfix">
735 <primary sortas="b-sendmail">sendmail</primary>
736 </indexterm>
737 </listitem>
738 </varlistentry>
739
740 <varlistentry id="showq">
741 <term><command>showq</command></term>
742 <listitem>
743 <para>A daemon that reports the Postfix mail queue status.</para>
744 <indexterm zone="postfix showq">
745 <primary sortas="b-showq">showq</primary>
746 </indexterm>
747 </listitem>
748 </varlistentry>
749
750 <varlistentry id="smtp">
751 <term><command>smtp</command></term>
752 <listitem>
753 <para>Looks up a list of mail exchanger addresses for the
754 destination host, sorts the list by preference, and connects to
755 each listed address until it finds a server that responds.</para>
756 <indexterm zone="postfix smtp">
757 <primary sortas="b-smtp">smtp</primary>
758 </indexterm>
759 </listitem>
760 </varlistentry>
761
762 <varlistentry id="smtpd">
763 <term><command>smtpd</command></term>
764 <listitem>
765 <para>Accepts network connection requests and performs zero
766 or more SMTP transactions per connection.</para>
767 <indexterm zone="postfix smtpd">
768 <primary sortas="b-smtpd">smtpd</primary>
769 </indexterm>
770 </listitem>
771 </varlistentry>
772
773 <varlistentry id="spawn">
774 <term><command>spawn</command></term>
775 <listitem>
776 <para>Listens on a port as specified in the
777 <application>Postfix</application> <filename>master.cf</filename> file
778 and spawns an external command whenever a connection is
779 established.</para>
780 <indexterm zone="postfix spawn">
781 <primary sortas="b-spawn">spawn</primary>
782 </indexterm>
783 </listitem>
784 </varlistentry>
785
[2686d16]786 <varlistentry id="tlsmgr">
787 <term><command>tlsmgr</command></term>
788 <listitem>
789 <para>Maintains the TLS session cache and acts as the PRNG
790 manager.</para>
791 <indexterm zone="postfix tlsmgr">
792 <primary sortas="b-tlsmgr">tlsmgr</primary>
793 </indexterm>
794 </listitem>
795 </varlistentry>
796
[417f9e7]797 <varlistentry id="trivial-rewrite">
798 <term><command>trivial-rewrite</command></term>
799 <listitem>
800 <para>A daemon that rewrites addresses to standard form.</para>
801 <indexterm zone="postfix trivial-rewrite">
802 <primary sortas="b-trivial-rewrite">trivial-rewrite</primary>
803 </indexterm>
804 </listitem>
805 </varlistentry>
806
807 <varlistentry id="verify">
808 <term><command>verify</command></term>
809 <listitem>
810 <para>Maintains a record of what recipient addresses are known
811 to be deliverable or undeliverable.</para>
812 <indexterm zone="postfix verify">
813 <primary sortas="b-verify">verify</primary>
814 </indexterm>
815 </listitem>
816 </varlistentry>
817
818 <varlistentry id="virtual">
819 <term><command>virtual</command></term>
820 <listitem>
821 <para>Delivers mail to virtual user's mail directories.</para>
822 <indexterm zone="postfix virtual">
823 <primary sortas="b-virtual">virtual</primary>
824 </indexterm>
825 </listitem>
826 </varlistentry>
827
828 </variablelist>
829
830 </sect2>
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