%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Postfix The Postfix package contains a Mail Transport Agent (MTA). This is useful for sending email to other users of your host machine. It can also be configured to be a central mail server for your domain, a mail relay agent or simply a mail delivery agent to your local Internet Service Provider. &lfs77_checked; &gcc5_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &postfix-md5sum; Download size: &postfix-size; Estimated disk space required: &postfix-buildsize; Estimated build time: &postfix-time; Postfix Dependencies Recommended , , and Optional for Email Address Internationalization (SMTPUTF8) support, or MySQL, , , , , and CDB or TinyCDB Note that SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL and CDB are only useful if there is a known need for them. User Notes: Before you compile the program, you need to create users and groups that will be expected to be in place during the installation. Add the users and groups with the following commands issued by the root user: groupadd -g 32 postfix && groupadd -g 33 postdrop && useradd -c "Postfix Daemon User" -d /var/spool/postfix -g postfix \ -s /bin/false -u 32 postfix && chown -v postfix:postfix /var/mail The README files are formatted to be read with a pager like Less or More. If you want to use a text editor, make them legible with the following sed: sed -i 's/.\x08//g' README_FILES/* If you are running a linux-4.x kernel, apply the following sed to allow the makedefs script to recognize it: sed -i 's/Linux.3\*/Linux.[34]\*/' makedefs The Postfix source tree does not contain a configure script, rather the makefile in the top-level directory contains a makefiles target that regenerates all the other makefiles in the build tree. If you wish to use additional software such as a database back-end for virtual users, or TLS/SSL authentication, you will need to regenerate the makefiles using one or more of the appropriate CCARGS and AUXLIBS settings listed below. For more details read the readme files. To use Cyrus-SASL with Postfix, use the following arguments: CCARGS='-DUSE_SASL_AUTH -DUSE_CYRUS_SASL -I/usr/include/sasl' AUXLIBS='-lsasl2' To use OpenLDAP with Postfix, use the following arguments: CCARGS='-DHAS_LDAP' AUXLIBS='-lldap -llber' To use Sqlite with Postfix, use the following arguments: CCARGS='-DHAS_SQLITE' AUXLIBS='-lsqlite3 -lpthread' To use MySQL with Postfix, use the following arguments: CCARGS='-DHAS_MYSQL -I/usr/include/mysql' AUXLIBS='-lmysqlclient -lz -lm' To use PostgreSQL with Postfix, use the following arguments: CCARGS='-DHAS_PGSQL -I/usr/include/postgresql' AUXLIBS='-lpq -lz -lm' To use CDB or TinyCDB with Postfix, use the following arguments: CCARGS='-DHAS_CDB' AUXLIBS='</path/to/CDB>/libcdb.a' To use OpenSSL with Postfix, use the following arguments: CCARGS='-DUSE_TLS -I/usr/include/openssl/' AUXLIBS='-lssl -lcrypto' If you have Cyrus SASL and OpenSSL installed, install Postfix by running the following commands: make CCARGS="-DUSE_TLS -I/usr/include/openssl/ \ -DUSE_SASL_AUTH -DUSE_CYRUS_SASL -I/usr/include/sasl" \ AUXLIBS="-lssl -lcrypto -lsasl2" \ makefiles && make This package does not come with a useful test suite. Now, as the root user: sh postfix-install -non-interactive \ daemon_directory=/usr/lib/postfix \ manpage_directory=/usr/share/man \ html_directory=/usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;/html \ readme_directory=/usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version;/readme make makefiles: This command rebuilds the makefiles throughout the source tree to use the options contained in the CCARGS and AUXLIBS variables. sh postfix-install -non-interactive: This keeps the install script from asking any questions, thereby accepting default destination directories in all but the few cases. If the html_directory and readme_directory options are not set then the documentation will not be installed. CCARGS="-DNO_EAI ...": this will turn off SMTPUTF8 support, for example if the rest of your email address infrastructure cannot handle UTF-8 email addresses and message header values. /etc/aliases, /etc/postfix/main.cf, and /etc/postfix/master.cf /etc/aliases /etc/postfix/* Create (or append to an existing) /etc/aliases with the following command. Change <LOGIN> for your non-root login identity so mail addressed to root can be forwarded to you. As the root user: cat >> /etc/aliases << "EOF" # Begin /etc/aliases MAILER-DAEMON: postmaster postmaster: root root: <LOGIN> # End /etc/aliases EOF To protect an existing /etc/aliases file, the above command appends these aliases to it if it exists. This file should be checked and duplicate aliases removed, if present. The /etc/postfix/main.cf and /etc/postfix/master.cf files must be personalized for your system. The main.cf file needs your fully qualified hostname. You will find that main.cf is self documenting, so load it into your editor to make the changes you need for your situation. Postfix can also be set up to run in a chroot jail. See the file in the source examples/chroot-setup/LINUX2 for details. If you have an existing configuration, you can run the postfix utility to add any necessary definitions to your existing files. As the root user: /usr/sbin/postfix upgrade-configuration Before starting Postfix, you should check that your configuration and file permissions will work properly. Run the following commands as the root user to check and start your Postfix server: /usr/sbin/postfix check && /usr/sbin/postfix start To automate the running of Postfix at startup, install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/postfix init script included in the package. postfix make install-postfix Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories mailq (symlink), newaliases (symlink), postalias, postcat, postconf, postdrop, postfix, postkick, postlock, postlog, postmap, postmulti, postqueue, postsuper, and sendmail None /{etc,usr/lib}/postfix, /usr/share/doc/postfix-&postfix-version; and /var/{lib,spool}/postfix Short Descriptions mailq A symlink to sendmail. mailq newaliases A symlink to sendmail. newaliases postalias is a utility for Postfix alias database maintenance postalias postcat Prints the contents of files from the Postfix queue in human readable format. postcat postconf Displays or changes the value of Postfix configuration parameters. postconf postdrop Creates a file in the maildrop directory and copies its standard input to the file. postdrop postfix is the Postfix control program. postfix postkick Sends requests to the specified service over a local transport channel. postkick postlock Locks a mail folder for exclusive use, and executes commands passed to it. postlock postlog A Postfix-compatible logging interface for use in, for example, shell scripts. postlog postmap Creates or queries one or more Postfix lookup tables, or updates an existing one. postmap postmulti is the Postfix multi-instance manager. It allows a system administrator to manage multiple Postfix instances on a single host. postmulti postqueue The Postfix user interface for queue management. postqueue postsuper The Postfix user interface for superuser queue management. postsuper sendmail is the Postfix to Sendmail compatibility interface. sendmail