diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml index 886695349b..3d97030525 100644 --- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml +++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ who wrote what. +February 3rd, 2005 [dj]: Added index items to +Postfix. + February 3rd, 2005 [randy]: Updated to GIMP-2.2.3. diff --git a/server/mail/postfix.xml b/server/mail/postfix.xml index a1ba433323..391e1f5c42 100644 --- a/server/mail/postfix.xml +++ b/server/mail/postfix.xml @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Postfix-&postfix-version; + +Postfix Introduction to Postfix @@ -185,7 +187,11 @@ makefiles throughout the source tree to use the options contained in the /etc/postfix/master.cf -Configuration Information +Configuration Information + +/etc/aliases + +/etc/postfix/* cat >> /etc/aliases << "EOF" # Begin /etc/aliases @@ -220,11 +226,13 @@ sed -i "s/#myhostname = host.domain.tld/myhostname = \ /usr/bin/newaliases && /usr/sbin/postfix start -Postfix init.d script +Postfix init.d script 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 @@ -235,24 +243,21 @@ sed -i "s/#myhostname = host.domain.tld/myhostname = \ 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. + +Installed Programs +Installed Directories + +bounce, cleanup, error, flush, lmtp, local, mailq, master, +newaliases, nqmgr, oqmgr, pickup, pipe, postalias, postcat, postconf, +postdrop, postfix, postkick, postlock, postlog, postmap, postqueue, +postsuper, proxymap, qmgr, qmqpd, sendmail, showq, smtp, smtpd, spawn, +trivial-rewrite, verify, and virtual +/etc/postfix and /usr/share/doc/postfix + + + + + + +Short Descriptions + + + +bounce +A daemon that maintains per-message log files with +non-delivery status information. + +bounce + + + + +cleanup +A daemon that processes inbound mail, inserts it into the +incoming mail queue, and informs the queue manager of its arrival. + +cleanup + + + + +error +A deamon that processes non-delivery requests from the +queue manager. + +error + + + + +flush +A daemon that maintains a record of deferred mail by +destination. + +flush + + + + +lmtp +A daemon that processes message delivery requests from the +queue manager. + +lmtp + + + + +local +A daemon that processes delivery requests from the queue +manager to deliver mail to local recipients. + +local + + + + +mailq +A symlink to sendmail. + +mailq + + + + +master +The resident process that runs +Postfix daemons on demand. + +master + + + + +newaliases +A symlink to sendmail. + +newaliases + + + + +nqmgr +A daemon that awaits the arrival of incoming mail and +arranges for its delivery. + +nqmgr + + + + +oqmgr +The old style queue manager. This will be removed +soon. + +oqmgr + + + + +pickup +A daemon that waits for hints that new mail has been +dropped into the maildrop directory, and feeds it into the +cleanup daemon. + +pickup + + + + +pipe +A daemon that processes requests from the queue +manager to deliver messages to external commands. + +pipe + + + + +postalias +Creates or queries one or more +Postfix alias databases, or updates an +existing one. + +postalias + + + + +postcat +Prints the contents of the +named files 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 +it's standard input to the file. + +postdrop + + + + +postfix +Controls the operation of the +Postfix mail system. + +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 + + + + +postqueue +The Postfix user interface for +queue management. + +postqueue + + + + +postsuper +The Postfix user interface for +superuser queue management. + +postsuper + + + + +proxymap +Provides read-only table lookup services to other +Postfix processes. + +proxymap + + + + +qmgr +A daemon that awaits the arrival of incoming mail and +arranges for its delivery. + +qmgr + + + + +qmqpd +A daemon that receives one message per connection, and +pipes it through the cleanup daemon, and +places it into the incoming queue. + +qmqpd + + + + +sendmail +The Postfix to +Sendmail compatibility interface. + +sendmail + + + + +showq +A daemon that reports the Postfix mail queue status. + +showq + + + + +smtp +Looks up a list of mail exchanger addresses for the +destination host, sorts the list by preference, and connects to +each listed address until it finds a server that responds. + +smtp + + + + +smtpd +Accepts network connection requests and performs zero +or more SMTP transactions per connection. + +smtpd + + + + +spawn +Listens on a port as specified in the +Postfix master.cf file +and spawns an external command whenever a connection is established. + +spawn + + + + +trivial-rewrite +A daemon that rewrites addresses to standard form. + +trivial-rewrite + + + + +verify +Maintains a record of what recipient addresses are known +to be deliverable or undeliverable. + +verify + + + + +virtual +Delivers mail to virtual users' mail directories. + +virtual + + +