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2 | <title>Contents</title>
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3 |
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4 | <para>The <application>Postfix</application> package contains <filename>bounce
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5 | </filename>, <filename>cleanup</filename>, <filename>error</filename>,
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6 | <filename>flush</filename>, <filename>lmtp</filename>,
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7 | <filename>local</filename>, <filename class="symlink">mailq</filename>,
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8 | <filename>master</filename>, <filename class="symlink">newaliases</filename>,
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9 | <filename>nqmgr</filename>, <filename>pickup</filename>,
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10 | <filename>pipe</filename>, <command>postalias</command>,
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11 | <command>postcat</command>, <command>postconf</command>,
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12 | <command>postdrop</command>, <command>postfix</command>,
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13 | <command>postkick</command>, <command>postlock</command>,
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14 | <command>postlog</command>, <command>postmap</command>,
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15 | <command>postqueue</command>, <command>postsuper</command>,
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16 | <filename>qmgr</filename>, <filename>qmqpd</filename>,
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17 | <command>sendmail</command>, <command>showq</command>,
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18 | <filename>smtp</filename>, <filename>smtpd</filename>,
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19 | <filename>spawn</filename>, <filename>trivial-rewrite</filename>,
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20 | and <filename>virtual</filename>.</para>
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21 |
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22 | </sect2>
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23 |
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24 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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25 |
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26 | <sect3><title>postfix</title>
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27 | <para><command>postfix</command> is the program that starts and stops the mail delivery system.</para></sect3>
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28 |
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29 | <sect3><title>master</title>
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30 | <para><filename>master</filename> is the resident process that runs
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31 | <filename>bounce</filename>, <filename>cleanup</filename>,
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32 | <filename>error</filename>, <filename>flush</filename>,
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33 | <filename>lmtp</filename>, <filename>local</filename>,
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34 | <filename>nqmgr</filename>, <filename>pickup</filename>,
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35 | <filename>pipe</filename>, <filename>qmgr</filename>,
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36 | <filename>qmqpd</filename>, <filename>showq</filename>,
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37 | <filename>smtp</filename>, <filename>smtpd</filename>,
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38 | <filename>spawn</filename>, <filename>trivial-rewrite</filename> and
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39 | <filename>virtual</filename> on demand. These programs are not designed to
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40 | work as user commands.</para></sect3>
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41 |
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42 | <sect3><title>postqueue</title>
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43 | <para><command>postqueue</command> implements the
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44 | <application>Postfix</application> user interface for
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45 | queue management. It implements all the operations that are traditionally
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46 | available via the <command>sendmail</command> command.</para></sect3>
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47 |
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48 | <sect3><title>sendmail</title>
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49 | <para><command>sendmail</command> implements the
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50 | <application>Postfix</application> to
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51 | <application>Sendmail</application> compatibility interface.
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52 | <filename class="symlink">mailq</filename> and <filename
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53 | class="symlink">newaliases</filename> are symlinks to
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54 | <command>sendmail</command>.</para></sect3>
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55 |
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56 | <sect3><title>showq</title>
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57 | <para><command>showq</command> will emulate the <filename
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58 | class="symlink">mailq</filename> command when the
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59 | <application>Postfix</application> mail system is
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60 | not running.</para></sect3>
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61 |
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62 | <sect3><title>postsuper</title>
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63 | <para><command>postsuper</command> does maintenance jobs on the
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64 | <application>Postfix</application> queue.</para></sect3>
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65 |
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66 | <sect3><title>postalias</title>
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67 | <para><command>postalias</command> creates, queries or updates
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68 | <application>Postfix</application> alias
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69 | databases.</para></sect3>
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70 |
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71 | <sect3><title>postcat</title>
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72 | <para><command>postcat</command> prints the contents of a
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73 | <application>Postfix</application> queue file in human-readable
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74 | form.</para></sect3>
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75 |
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76 | <sect3><title>postconf</title>
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77 | <para><command>postconf</command> prints or changes the value of configuration
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78 | parameters.</para></sect3>
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79 |
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80 | <sect3><title>postdrop</title>
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81 | <para><command>postdrop</command> creates a file in the maildrop directory and
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82 | copies its standard input to the file.</para></sect3>
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83 |
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84 | <sect3><title>postkick</title>
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85 | <para><command>postkick</command> makes the mail system private
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86 | <acronym>IPC</acronym> accessible for use in shell
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87 | scripts.</para></sect3>
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88 |
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89 | <sect3><title>postlock</title>
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90 | <para><command>postlock</command> locks a file for exclusive access and
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91 | executes a command on that file.</para></sect3>
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92 |
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93 | <sect3><title>postlog</title>
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94 | <para><command>postlog</command> implements a logging interface for use in
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95 | shell scripts.</para></sect3>
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96 |
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97 | <sect3><title>postmap</title>
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98 | <para><command>postmap</command> creates, queries or updates
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99 | <application>Postfix</application> lookup tables.</para></sect3>
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100 |
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101 | </sect2>
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102 |
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