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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY postfix-download-http "http://www.mirrorspace.org/postfix/official/postfix-&postfix-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY postfix-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-&postfix-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY postfix-md5sum "f957e9319428be81c724b606fe060cc7">
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10 | <!ENTITY postfix-size "2.6 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY postfix-buildsize "85 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY postfix-time "0.5 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="postfix" xreflabel="Postfix-&postfix-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="postfix.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>Postfix-&postfix-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="postfix">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-Postfix">Postfix</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to Postfix</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The <application>Postfix</application> package contains a Mail
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33 | Transport Agent (MTA). This is useful for sending email to other users
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34 | of your host machine. It can also be configured to be a central mail
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35 | server for your domain, a mail relay agent or simply a mail delivery
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36 | agent to your local Internet Service Provider (ISP).</para>
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37 |
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38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&postfix-download-http;"/></para>
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42 | </listitem>
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&postfix-download-ftp;"/></para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &postfix-md5sum;</para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download size: &postfix-size;</para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &postfix-buildsize;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Estimated build time: &postfix-time;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | </itemizedlist>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Postfix Dependencies</bridgehead>
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61 |
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62 | <!-- commenting this out as BDB is now built in LFS
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63 |
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64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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65 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="db"/></para>
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66 |
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67 | -->
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68 |
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69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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70 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pcre"/>,
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71 | <xref linkend="mysql"/>,
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72 | <xref linkend="postgresql"/>,
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73 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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74 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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75 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>, and
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76 | <ulink url="http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html">cdb</ulink> or
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77 | <ulink url="http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/tinycdb.html">TinyCDB</ulink></para>
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78 |
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79 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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80 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/postfix"/></para>
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81 |
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82 | </sect2>
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83 |
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84 | <sect2 role="installation">
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85 | <title>Installation of Postfix</title>
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86 |
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87 | <sect3>
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88 | <title>Configuring the Build</title>
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89 |
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90 | <para>The <application>Postfix</application> source tree does not contain
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91 | a <filename>configure</filename> script, rather the makefile in the
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92 | top-level directory contains a <option>makefiles</option> target that
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93 | regenerates all the other makefiles in the build tree. If you wish to
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94 | use additional software such as a database back-end for virtual users, or
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95 | TLS/SSL authentication, you will need to regenerate the makefiles using
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96 | one or more of the appropriate <envar>CCARGS</envar> and
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97 | <envar>AUXLIBS</envar> settings listed below.</para>
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98 |
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99 | <para>Here is an example that combines the TLS and
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100 | <application>Cyrus-SASL</application> arguments:</para>
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101 |
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102 | <screen><userinput>make makefiles \
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103 | CCARGS='-DUSE_TLS -DUSE_SASL_AUTH -DUSE_CYRUS_SASL \
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104 | -DDEF_DAEMON_DIR=\"/usr/lib/postfix\" \
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105 | -DDEF_MANPAGE_DIR=\"/usr/share/man\" \
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106 | -DDEF_HTML_DIR=\"/usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;/html\" \
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107 | -DDEF_README_DIR=\"/usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;/README\" \
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108 | -I/usr/include/openssl -I/usr/include/sasl' \
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109 | AUXLIBS='-L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto -lsasl2'</userinput></screen>
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110 |
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111 | <sect4>
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112 | <title>TLS Authentication</title>
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113 |
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114 | <para>To use TLS authentication with postfix
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115 | you will need to pass the following values to the
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116 | <command>make makefiles</command> command:</para>
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117 |
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118 | <screen><literal>CCARGS='-DUSE_TLS -I/usr/include/openssl'
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119 | AUXLIBS='-L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto'</literal></screen>
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120 |
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121 | <para>To use TLS you will also need
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122 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>.</para>
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123 |
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124 | </sect4>
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125 |
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126 | <sect4>
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127 | <title>Cyrus-SASL</title>
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128 |
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129 | <para>To use <application>Cyrus-SASL</application> with
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130 | <application>Postfix</application>, use the following arguments:</para>
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131 |
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132 | <screen><literal>CCARGS='-DUSE_SASL_AUTH -DUSE_CYRUS_SASL -I/usr/include/sasl'
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133 | AUXLIBS='-L/usr/lib -lsasl2'</literal></screen>
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134 |
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135 | </sect4>
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136 |
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137 | <sect4>
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138 | <title>OpenLDAP</title>
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139 |
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140 | <para>To use <application>OpenLDAP</application> with
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141 | <application>Postfix</application>, use the following
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142 | arguments:</para>
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143 |
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144 | <screen><literal>CCARGS='-I/usr/include -DHAS_LDAP'
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145 | AUXLIBS='-L/usr/lib -lldap -llber'</literal></screen>
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146 |
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147 | </sect4>
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148 |
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149 | <sect4>
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150 | <title>MySQL</title>
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151 |
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152 | <para>To use <application>MySQL</application> with
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153 | <application>Postfix</application>, use the following
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154 | arguments:</para>
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155 |
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156 | <screen><literal>CCARGS='-DHAS_MYSQL -I/usr/include/mysql'
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157 | AUXLIBS='-L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lm'</literal></screen>
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158 |
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159 | </sect4>
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160 |
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161 | <sect4>
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162 | <title>PostgreSQL</title>
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163 |
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164 | <para>To use <application>PostgreSQL</application> with
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165 | <application>Postfix</application>, use the following
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166 | arguments:</para>
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167 |
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168 | <screen><literal>CCARGS='-DHAS_PGSQL -I/usr/include/postgresql'
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169 | AUXLIBS='-L/usr/lib -lpq -lz -lm'</literal></screen>
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170 |
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171 | </sect4>
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172 |
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173 | <sect4>
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174 | <title>TinyCDB</title>
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175 |
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176 | <para>To use <application>TinyCDB</application> with
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177 | <application>Postfix</application>, use the following
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178 | arguments:</para>
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179 |
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180 | <screen><literal>CCARGS='-DHAS_CDB'
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181 | AUXLIBS='<replaceable></path/to/CDB></replaceable>/libcdb.a'</literal></screen>
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182 |
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183 | </sect4>
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184 |
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185 | </sect3>
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186 |
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187 | <sect3>
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188 | <title>Installing Postfix</title>
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189 |
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190 | <para>Before you compile the program, you need to create users and groups
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191 | that will be expected to be in place during the installation.
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192 | Add the users and groups with the following commands issued by the
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193 | <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user:</para>
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194 |
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195 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 32 postfix &&
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196 | groupadd -g 33 postdrop &&
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197 | useradd -c "Postfix Daemon User" -d /dev/null -g postfix \
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198 | -s /bin/false -u 32 postfix &&
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199 | chown -v postfix:postfix /var/mail</userinput></screen>
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200 |
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201 | <para>Install <application>Postfix</application> by running the
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202 | following commands:</para>
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203 |
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204 | <screen><userinput>make makefiles \
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205 | CCARGS='-DDEF_DAEMON_DIR=\"/usr/lib/postfix\" \
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206 | -DDEF_MANPAGE_DIR=\"/usr/share/man\" \
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207 | -DDEF_HTML_DIR=\"/usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;/html\" \
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208 | -DDEF_README_DIR=\"/usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;/README\" \
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209 | <replaceable><additional args></replaceable>' \
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210 | <replaceable><AUXLIBS='additional args'></replaceable> &&
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211 | make</userinput></screen>
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212 |
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213 | <!-- There is a testsuite, but it fails a lot. It seems to need
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214 | the host to be specifically setup for the tests.
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215 | Run with `make tests' and `make root_tests' -->
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216 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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217 |
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218 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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219 |
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220 | <screen role='root'><userinput>sh postfix-install -non-interactive</userinput></screen>
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221 |
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222 | </sect3>
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223 |
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224 | </sect2>
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225 |
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226 | <sect2 role="commands">
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227 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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228 |
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229 | <para><command>make makefiles</command>: This command rebuilds the
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230 | makefiles throughout the source tree to use the options contained in the
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231 | <envar>CCARGS</envar> and <envar>AUXLIBS</envar> variables.</para>
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232 |
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233 | <para><command>sh postfix-install -non-interactive</command>: This
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234 | keeps the install script from asking any questions, thereby accepting
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235 | default destination directories in all but the few cases mentioned in
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236 | the 'make makefiles' command.</para>
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237 |
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238 | </sect2>
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239 |
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240 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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241 | <title>Configuring Postfix</title>
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242 |
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243 | <sect3 id="postfix-config">
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244 | <title>Config Files</title>
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245 |
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246 | <para><filename>/etc/aliases</filename>,
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247 | <filename>/etc/postfix/main.cf</filename>, and
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248 | <filename>/etc/postfix/master.cf</filename></para>
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249 |
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250 | <indexterm zone="postfix postfix-config">
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251 | <primary sortas="e-etc-aliases">/etc/aliases</primary>
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252 | </indexterm>
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253 |
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254 | <indexterm zone="postfix postfix-config">
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255 | <primary sortas="e-etc-postfix-star">/etc/postfix/*</primary>
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256 | </indexterm>
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257 |
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258 | </sect3>
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259 |
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260 | <sect3>
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261 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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262 |
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263 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/aliases << "EOF"
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264 | <literal># Begin /etc/aliases
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265 |
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266 | MAILER-DAEMON: postmaster
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267 | postmaster: root
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268 |
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269 | root: LOGIN
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270 | # End /etc/aliases</literal>
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271 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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272 |
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273 | <note>
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274 | <para>To protect an existing <filename>/etc/aliases</filename> file,
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275 | the above command appends these aliases to it if it exists. This file
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276 | should be checked and duplicate aliases removed, if present.</para>
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277 | </note>
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278 |
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279 | <para>The <filename>/etc/aliases</filename> file that was just created
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280 | or appended, the <filename>main.cf</filename> and the
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281 | <filename>master.cf</filename> must be personalized for your system.
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282 | The <filename>aliases</filename> file needs your non-root login identity
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283 | so mail addressed to <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> can
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284 | be forwarded to you at the user level. The <filename>main.cf</filename>
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285 | file needs your fully qualified hostname. All of these edits can be done
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286 | with <command>sed</command> commands entered into the console with
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287 | appropriate substitutions of your non-root login name for
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288 | <replaceable><user></replaceable> and your fully qualified hostname for
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289 | <replaceable><localhost.localdomain></replaceable>. You will find the
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290 | <filename>main.cf</filename> file is self documenting, so load it into
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291 | your editor to make the changes you need for your situation.</para>
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292 |
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293 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i "s/LOGIN/<replaceable><user></replaceable>/" /etc/aliases &&
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294 | sed -i "s/#myhostname = host.domain.tld/myhostname = \
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295 | <replaceable><localhost.localdomain></replaceable>/" /etc/postfix/main.cf &&
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296 | /usr/bin/newaliases</userinput></screen>
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297 |
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298 | <para>If you have an existing configuration, you can run the
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299 | <command>postfix</command> utility to add any necessary definitions
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300 | to your existing files. As the
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301 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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302 |
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303 | <screen role="root"><userinput>/usr/sbin/postfix upgrade-configuration</userinput></screen>
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304 |
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305 | <para>Before starting <application>Postfix</application>, you
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306 | should check that your configuration and file permissions will work
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307 | properly. Run the following commands as the
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308 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to check and
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309 | start your <application>Postfix</application> server:</para>
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310 |
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311 | <screen role="root"><userinput>/usr/sbin/postfix check &&
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312 | /usr/sbin/postfix start</userinput></screen>
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313 |
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314 | </sect3>
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315 |
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316 | <sect3 id="postfix-init">
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317 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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318 |
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319 | <para>To automate the running of Postfix at startup, install the
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320 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/postfix</filename> init script included
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321 | in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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322 |
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323 | <indexterm zone="postfix postfix-init">
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324 | <primary sortas="f-postfix">postfix</primary>
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325 | </indexterm>
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326 |
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327 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-postfix</userinput></screen>
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328 |
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329 | </sect3>
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330 |
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331 | </sect2>
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332 |
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333 | <sect2 role="content">
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334 | <title>Contents</title>
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335 |
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336 | <segmentedlist>
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337 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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338 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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339 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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340 |
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341 | <seglistitem>
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342 | <seg>anvil, bounce, cleanup, discard, error, flush, lmtp, local, mailq,
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343 | master, newaliases, nqmgr, oqmgr, pickup, pipe, postalias, postcat,
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344 | postconf, postdrop, postfix, postkick, postlock, postlog, postmap,
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345 | postqueue, postsuper, proxymap, qmgr, qmqpd, sendmail, showq, smtp,
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346 | smtpd, spawn, tlsmgr, trivial-rewrite, verify, and virtual</seg>
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347 | <seg>None</seg>
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348 | <seg>/etc/postfix, /usr/lib/postfix and
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349 | /usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;</seg>
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350 | </seglistitem>
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351 | </segmentedlist>
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352 |
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353 | <variablelist>
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354 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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355 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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356 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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357 |
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358 | <varlistentry id="anvil">
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359 | <term><command>anvil</command></term>
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360 | <listitem>
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361 | <para>Provides connection and rate request limiting.</para>
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362 | <indexterm zone="postfix anvil">
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363 | <primary sortas="b-anvil">anvil</primary>
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364 | </indexterm>
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365 | </listitem>
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366 | </varlistentry>
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367 |
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368 | <varlistentry id="bounce">
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369 | <term><command>bounce</command></term>
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370 | <listitem>
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371 | <para>A daemon that maintains per-message log files with
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372 | non-delivery status information.</para>
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373 | <indexterm zone="postfix bounce">
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374 | <primary sortas="b-bounce">bounce</primary>
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375 | </indexterm>
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376 | </listitem>
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377 | </varlistentry>
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378 |
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379 | <varlistentry id="cleanup">
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380 | <term><command>cleanup</command></term>
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381 | <listitem>
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382 | <para>A daemon that processes inbound mail, inserts it into the
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383 | incoming mail queue, and informs the queue manager of its
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384 | arrival.</para>
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385 | <indexterm zone="postfix cleanup">
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386 | <primary sortas="b-cleanup">cleanup</primary>
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387 | </indexterm>
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388 | </listitem>
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389 | </varlistentry>
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390 |
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391 | <varlistentry id="discard">
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392 | <term><command>discard</command></term>
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393 | <listitem>
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394 | <para>Processes delivery requests from the queue manager that cannot
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395 | be delivered to the recipient.</para>
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396 | <indexterm zone="postfix discard">
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397 | <primary sortas="b-discard">discard</primary>
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398 | </indexterm>
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399 | </listitem>
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400 | </varlistentry>
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401 |
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402 | <varlistentry id="error">
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403 | <term><command>error</command></term>
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404 | <listitem>
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405 | <para>A daemon that processes non-delivery requests from the
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406 | queue manager.</para>
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407 | <indexterm zone="postfix error">
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408 | <primary sortas="b-error">error</primary>
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409 | </indexterm>
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410 | </listitem>
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411 | </varlistentry>
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412 |
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413 | <varlistentry id="flush">
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414 | <term><command>flush</command></term>
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415 | <listitem>
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416 | <para>A daemon that maintains a record of deferred mail by
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417 | destination.</para>
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418 | <indexterm zone="postfix flush">
|
---|
419 | <primary sortas="b-flush">flush</primary>
|
---|
420 | </indexterm>
|
---|
421 | </listitem>
|
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422 | </varlistentry>
|
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423 |
|
---|
424 | <varlistentry id="lmtp">
|
---|
425 | <term><command>lmtp</command></term>
|
---|
426 | <listitem>
|
---|
427 | <para>A daemon that processes message delivery requests from the
|
---|
428 | queue manager.</para>
|
---|
429 | <indexterm zone="postfix lmtp">
|
---|
430 | <primary sortas="b-lmtp">lmtp</primary>
|
---|
431 | </indexterm>
|
---|
432 | </listitem>
|
---|
433 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
434 |
|
---|
435 | <varlistentry id="local">
|
---|
436 | <term><command>local</command></term>
|
---|
437 | <listitem>
|
---|
438 | <para>A daemon that processes delivery requests from the queue
|
---|
439 | manager to deliver mail to local recipients.</para>
|
---|
440 | <indexterm zone="postfix local">
|
---|
441 | <primary sortas="b-local">local</primary>
|
---|
442 | </indexterm>
|
---|
443 | </listitem>
|
---|
444 | </varlistentry>
|
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445 |
|
---|
446 | <varlistentry id="mailq">
|
---|
447 | <term><command>mailq</command></term>
|
---|
448 | <listitem>
|
---|
449 | <para>A symlink to <filename>sendmail</filename>.</para>
|
---|
450 | <indexterm zone="postfix mailq">
|
---|
451 | <primary sortas="b-mailq">mailq</primary>
|
---|
452 | </indexterm>
|
---|
453 | </listitem>
|
---|
454 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
455 |
|
---|
456 | <varlistentry id="master">
|
---|
457 | <term><command>master</command></term>
|
---|
458 | <listitem>
|
---|
459 | <para>The resident process that runs
|
---|
460 | <application>Postfix</application> daemons on demand.</para>
|
---|
461 | <indexterm zone="postfix master">
|
---|
462 | <primary sortas="b-master">master</primary>
|
---|
463 | </indexterm>
|
---|
464 | </listitem>
|
---|
465 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
466 |
|
---|
467 | <varlistentry id="newaliases">
|
---|
468 | <term><command>newaliases</command></term>
|
---|
469 | <listitem>
|
---|
470 | <para>A symlink to <filename>sendmail</filename>.</para>
|
---|
471 | <indexterm zone="postfix newaliases">
|
---|
472 | <primary sortas="b-newaliases">newaliases</primary>
|
---|
473 | </indexterm>
|
---|
474 | </listitem>
|
---|
475 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
476 |
|
---|
477 | <varlistentry id="nqmgr">
|
---|
478 | <term><command>nqmgr</command></term>
|
---|
479 | <listitem>
|
---|
480 | <para>A daemon that awaits the arrival of incoming mail and
|
---|
481 | arranges for its delivery.</para>
|
---|
482 | <indexterm zone="postfix nqmgr">
|
---|
483 | <primary sortas="b-nqmgr">nqmgr</primary>
|
---|
484 | </indexterm>
|
---|
485 | </listitem>
|
---|
486 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
487 |
|
---|
488 | <varlistentry id="oqmgr">
|
---|
489 | <term><command>oqmgr</command></term>
|
---|
490 | <listitem>
|
---|
491 | <para>The old style queue manager. This will be removed soon.</para>
|
---|
492 | <indexterm zone="postfix oqmgr">
|
---|
493 | <primary sortas="b-oqmgr">oqmgr</primary>
|
---|
494 | </indexterm>
|
---|
495 | </listitem>
|
---|
496 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
497 |
|
---|
498 | <varlistentry id="pickup">
|
---|
499 | <term><command>pickup</command></term>
|
---|
500 | <listitem>
|
---|
501 | <para>A daemon that waits for hints that new mail has been
|
---|
502 | dropped into the maildrop directory, and feeds it into the
|
---|
503 | <application>cleanup</application> daemon.</para>
|
---|
504 | <indexterm zone="postfix pickup">
|
---|
505 | <primary sortas="b-pickup">pickup</primary>
|
---|
506 | </indexterm>
|
---|
507 | </listitem>
|
---|
508 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
509 |
|
---|
510 | <varlistentry id="pipe">
|
---|
511 | <term><command>pipe</command></term>
|
---|
512 | <listitem>
|
---|
513 | <para>A daemon that processes requests from the queue
|
---|
514 | manager to deliver messages to external commands.</para>
|
---|
515 | <indexterm zone="postfix pipe">
|
---|
516 | <primary sortas="b-pipe">pipe</primary>
|
---|
517 | </indexterm>
|
---|
518 | </listitem>
|
---|
519 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
520 |
|
---|
521 | <varlistentry id="postalias">
|
---|
522 | <term><command>postalias</command></term>
|
---|
523 | <listitem>
|
---|
524 | <para>Creates or queries one or more
|
---|
525 | <application>Postfix</application> alias databases, or updates an
|
---|
526 | existing one.</para>
|
---|
527 | <indexterm zone="postfix postalias">
|
---|
528 | <primary sortas="b-postalias">postalias</primary>
|
---|
529 | </indexterm>
|
---|
530 | </listitem>
|
---|
531 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
532 |
|
---|
533 | <varlistentry id="postcat">
|
---|
534 | <term><command>postcat</command></term>
|
---|
535 | <listitem>
|
---|
536 | <para>Prints the contents of the
|
---|
537 | <application>named</application> files in human readable format.</para>
|
---|
538 | <indexterm zone="postfix postcat">
|
---|
539 | <primary sortas="b-postcat">postcat</primary>
|
---|
540 | </indexterm>
|
---|
541 | </listitem>
|
---|
542 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
543 |
|
---|
544 | <varlistentry id="postconf">
|
---|
545 | <term><command>postconf</command></term>
|
---|
546 | <listitem>
|
---|
547 | <para>Displays or changes the value of
|
---|
548 | <application>Postfix</application> configuration parameters.</para>
|
---|
549 | <indexterm zone="postfix postconf">
|
---|
550 | <primary sortas="b-postconf">postconf</primary>
|
---|
551 | </indexterm>
|
---|
552 | </listitem>
|
---|
553 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
554 |
|
---|
555 | <varlistentry id="postdrop">
|
---|
556 | <term><command>postdrop</command></term>
|
---|
557 | <listitem>
|
---|
558 | <para>Creates a file in the maildrop directory and copies
|
---|
559 | it's standard input to the file.</para>
|
---|
560 | <indexterm zone="postfix postdrop">
|
---|
561 | <primary sortas="b-postdrop">postdrop</primary>
|
---|
562 | </indexterm>
|
---|
563 | </listitem>
|
---|
564 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
565 |
|
---|
566 | <varlistentry id="postfix-bin">
|
---|
567 | <term><command>postfix</command></term>
|
---|
568 | <listitem>
|
---|
569 | <para>Controls the operation of the
|
---|
570 | <application>Postfix</application> mail system.</para>
|
---|
571 | <indexterm zone="postfix postfix-bin">
|
---|
572 | <primary sortas="b-postfix">postfix</primary>
|
---|
573 | </indexterm>
|
---|
574 | </listitem>
|
---|
575 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
576 |
|
---|
577 | <varlistentry id="postkick">
|
---|
578 | <term><command>postkick</command></term>
|
---|
579 | <listitem>
|
---|
580 | <para>Sends requests to the specified service over a
|
---|
581 | local transport channel.</para>
|
---|
582 | <indexterm zone="postfix postkick">
|
---|
583 | <primary sortas="b-postkick">postkick</primary>
|
---|
584 | </indexterm>
|
---|
585 | </listitem>
|
---|
586 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
587 |
|
---|
588 | <varlistentry id="postlock">
|
---|
589 | <term><command>postlock</command></term>
|
---|
590 | <listitem>
|
---|
591 | <para>Locks a mail folder for exclusive use, and executes
|
---|
592 | commands passed to it.</para>
|
---|
593 | <indexterm zone="postfix postlock">
|
---|
594 | <primary sortas="b-postlock">postlock</primary>
|
---|
595 | </indexterm>
|
---|
596 | </listitem>
|
---|
597 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
598 |
|
---|
599 | <varlistentry id="postlog">
|
---|
600 | <term><command>postlog</command></term>
|
---|
601 | <listitem>
|
---|
602 | <para>A <application>Postfix</application>-compatible logging
|
---|
603 | interface for use in, for example, shell scripts.</para>
|
---|
604 | <indexterm zone="postfix postlog">
|
---|
605 | <primary sortas="b-postlog">postlog</primary>
|
---|
606 | </indexterm>
|
---|
607 | </listitem>
|
---|
608 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
609 |
|
---|
610 | <varlistentry id="postmap">
|
---|
611 | <term><command>postmap</command></term>
|
---|
612 | <listitem>
|
---|
613 | <para>Creates or queries one or more Postfix lookup
|
---|
614 | tables, or updates an existing one.</para>
|
---|
615 | <indexterm zone="postfix postmap">
|
---|
616 | <primary sortas="b-postmap">postmap</primary>
|
---|
617 | </indexterm>
|
---|
618 | </listitem>
|
---|
619 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
620 |
|
---|
621 | <varlistentry id="postqueue">
|
---|
622 | <term><command>postqueue</command></term>
|
---|
623 | <listitem>
|
---|
624 | <para>The <application>Postfix</application> user interface for
|
---|
625 | queue management.</para>
|
---|
626 | <indexterm zone="postfix postqueue">
|
---|
627 | <primary sortas="b-postqueue">postqueue</primary>
|
---|
628 | </indexterm>
|
---|
629 | </listitem>
|
---|
630 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
631 |
|
---|
632 | <varlistentry id="postsuper">
|
---|
633 | <term><command>postsuper</command></term>
|
---|
634 | <listitem>
|
---|
635 | <para>The <application>Postfix</application> user interface for
|
---|
636 | superuser queue management.</para>
|
---|
637 | <indexterm zone="postfix postsuper">
|
---|
638 | <primary sortas="b-postsuper">postsuper</primary>
|
---|
639 | </indexterm>
|
---|
640 | </listitem>
|
---|
641 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
642 |
|
---|
643 | <varlistentry id="proxymap">
|
---|
644 | <term><command>proxymap</command></term>
|
---|
645 | <listitem>
|
---|
646 | <para>Provides read-only table lookup services to other
|
---|
647 | <application>Postfix</application> processes.</para>
|
---|
648 | <indexterm zone="postfix proxymap">
|
---|
649 | <primary sortas="b-proxymap">proxymap</primary>
|
---|
650 | </indexterm>
|
---|
651 | </listitem>
|
---|
652 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
653 |
|
---|
654 | <varlistentry id="qmgr">
|
---|
655 | <term><command>qmgr</command></term>
|
---|
656 | <listitem>
|
---|
657 | <para>A daemon that awaits the arrival of incoming mail and
|
---|
658 | arranges for its delivery.</para>
|
---|
659 | <indexterm zone="postfix qmgr">
|
---|
660 | <primary sortas="b-qmgr">qmgr</primary>
|
---|
661 | </indexterm>
|
---|
662 | </listitem>
|
---|
663 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
664 |
|
---|
665 | <varlistentry id="qmqpd">
|
---|
666 | <term><command>qmqpd</command></term>
|
---|
667 | <listitem>
|
---|
668 | <para>A daemon that receives one message per connection, and
|
---|
669 | pipes it through the <application>cleanup</application> daemon, and
|
---|
670 | places it into the incoming queue.</para>
|
---|
671 | <indexterm zone="postfix qmqpd">
|
---|
672 | <primary sortas="b-qmqpd">qmqpd</primary>
|
---|
673 | </indexterm>
|
---|
674 | </listitem>
|
---|
675 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
676 |
|
---|
677 | <varlistentry id="scache">
|
---|
678 | <term><command>scache</command></term>
|
---|
679 | <listitem>
|
---|
680 | <para>Maintains a connection cache used for sharing a connection
|
---|
681 | multiple times.</para>
|
---|
682 | <indexterm zone="postfix scache">
|
---|
683 | <primary sortas="b-scache">scache</primary>
|
---|
684 | </indexterm>
|
---|
685 | </listitem>
|
---|
686 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
687 |
|
---|
688 | <varlistentry id="sendmail-postfix">
|
---|
689 | <term><command>sendmail</command></term>
|
---|
690 | <listitem>
|
---|
691 | <para>The <application>Postfix</application> to
|
---|
692 | <application>Sendmail</application> compatibility interface.</para>
|
---|
693 | <indexterm zone="postfix sendmail-postfix">
|
---|
694 | <primary sortas="b-sendmail">sendmail</primary>
|
---|
695 | </indexterm>
|
---|
696 | </listitem>
|
---|
697 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
698 |
|
---|
699 | <varlistentry id="showq">
|
---|
700 | <term><command>showq</command></term>
|
---|
701 | <listitem>
|
---|
702 | <para>A daemon that reports the Postfix mail queue status.</para>
|
---|
703 | <indexterm zone="postfix showq">
|
---|
704 | <primary sortas="b-showq">showq</primary>
|
---|
705 | </indexterm>
|
---|
706 | </listitem>
|
---|
707 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
708 |
|
---|
709 | <varlistentry id="smtp">
|
---|
710 | <term><command>smtp</command></term>
|
---|
711 | <listitem>
|
---|
712 | <para>Looks up a list of mail exchanger addresses for the
|
---|
713 | destination host, sorts the list by preference, and connects to
|
---|
714 | each listed address until it finds a server that responds.</para>
|
---|
715 | <indexterm zone="postfix smtp">
|
---|
716 | <primary sortas="b-smtp">smtp</primary>
|
---|
717 | </indexterm>
|
---|
718 | </listitem>
|
---|
719 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
720 |
|
---|
721 | <varlistentry id="smtpd">
|
---|
722 | <term><command>smtpd</command></term>
|
---|
723 | <listitem>
|
---|
724 | <para>Accepts network connection requests and performs zero
|
---|
725 | or more SMTP transactions per connection.</para>
|
---|
726 | <indexterm zone="postfix smtpd">
|
---|
727 | <primary sortas="b-smtpd">smtpd</primary>
|
---|
728 | </indexterm>
|
---|
729 | </listitem>
|
---|
730 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
731 |
|
---|
732 | <varlistentry id="spawn">
|
---|
733 | <term><command>spawn</command></term>
|
---|
734 | <listitem>
|
---|
735 | <para>Listens on a port as specified in the
|
---|
736 | <application>Postfix</application> <filename>master.cf</filename> file
|
---|
737 | and spawns an external command whenever a connection is
|
---|
738 | established.</para>
|
---|
739 | <indexterm zone="postfix spawn">
|
---|
740 | <primary sortas="b-spawn">spawn</primary>
|
---|
741 | </indexterm>
|
---|
742 | </listitem>
|
---|
743 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
744 |
|
---|
745 | <varlistentry id="tlsmgr">
|
---|
746 | <term><command>tlsmgr</command></term>
|
---|
747 | <listitem>
|
---|
748 | <para>Maintains the TLS session cache and acts as the PRNG
|
---|
749 | manager.</para>
|
---|
750 | <indexterm zone="postfix tlsmgr">
|
---|
751 | <primary sortas="b-tlsmgr">tlsmgr</primary>
|
---|
752 | </indexterm>
|
---|
753 | </listitem>
|
---|
754 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
755 |
|
---|
756 | <varlistentry id="trivial-rewrite">
|
---|
757 | <term><command>trivial-rewrite</command></term>
|
---|
758 | <listitem>
|
---|
759 | <para>A daemon that rewrites addresses to standard form.</para>
|
---|
760 | <indexterm zone="postfix trivial-rewrite">
|
---|
761 | <primary sortas="b-trivial-rewrite">trivial-rewrite</primary>
|
---|
762 | </indexterm>
|
---|
763 | </listitem>
|
---|
764 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
765 |
|
---|
766 | <varlistentry id="verify">
|
---|
767 | <term><command>verify</command></term>
|
---|
768 | <listitem>
|
---|
769 | <para>Maintains a record of what recipient addresses are known
|
---|
770 | to be deliverable or undeliverable.</para>
|
---|
771 | <indexterm zone="postfix verify">
|
---|
772 | <primary sortas="b-verify">verify</primary>
|
---|
773 | </indexterm>
|
---|
774 | </listitem>
|
---|
775 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
776 |
|
---|
777 | <varlistentry id="virtual">
|
---|
778 | <term><command>virtual</command></term>
|
---|
779 | <listitem>
|
---|
780 | <para>Delivers mail to virtual user's mail directories.</para>
|
---|
781 | <indexterm zone="postfix virtual">
|
---|
782 | <primary sortas="b-virtual">virtual</primary>
|
---|
783 | </indexterm>
|
---|
784 | </listitem>
|
---|
785 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
786 |
|
---|
787 | </variablelist>
|
---|
788 |
|
---|
789 | </sect2>
|
---|
790 |
|
---|
791 | </sect1>
|
---|