Contents The postfix package contains bounce, cleanup, error, flush, lmtp, local, mailq, master, newaliases, nqmgr, pickup, pipe, postalias, postcat, postconf, postdrop, postfix, postkick, postlock, postlog, postmap, postqueue, postsuper, qmgr, qmqpd, sendmail, showq, smtp, smtpd, spawn, trivial-rewrite, and virtual. Description postfix postfix is the program that starts and stops the mail delivery system. master master is the resident process that runs bounce, cleanup, error, flush, lmtp, local, nqmgr, pickup, pipe, qmgr, qmqpd, showq, smtp, smtpd, spawn, trivial-rewrite and virtual on demand. These programs are not designed to work as user commands. postqueue postqueue implements the Postfix user interface for queue management. It implements all the operations that are traditionally available via the sendmail command. sendmail sendmail implements the Postfix to Sendmail compatibility interface. mailq and newaliases are symlinks to sendmail. showq showq will emulate the mailq command when the Postfix mail system is not running. postsuper postsuper does maintenance jobs on the Postfix queue. postalias postalias creates, queries or updates Postfix alias databases. postcat postcat prints the contents of a Postfix queue file in human-readable form. postconf postconf prints or changes the value of configuration parameters. postdrop postdrop creates a file in the maildrop directory and copies its standard input to the file. postkick postkick makes the mail system private IPC accessible for use in shell scripts. postlock postlock locks a file for exclusive access and executes a command on that file. postlog postlog implements a logging interface for use in shell scripts. postmap postmap creates, queries or updates Postfix lookup tables.