1 <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 2 "https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> 3 4 <html> 5 6 <head> 7 8 <title>Postfix Manual Pages </title> 9 10 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> 11 <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='postfix-doc.css'> 12 13 </head> 14 15 <body> 16 17 <h1><img src="postfix-logo.jpg" width="203" height="98" ALT="">Postfix 18 Manual Pages </h1> 19 20 <hr> 21 22 <h2> Information for new Postfix users </h2> 23 24 <p> New Postfix users should first look at the following introductory 25 documents. These introductions are hyperlinked to more advanced 26 documents and to UNIX-style manual pages. The UNIX-style manual 27 pages are intended for people who are already familiar with Postfix. 28 </p> 29 30 <ul> 31 32 <li> <a href="OVERVIEW.html"> Postfix architecture overview </a> 33 34 <li> <a href="BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README.html"> Basic configuration 35 </a> 36 37 <li> <a href="DEBUG_README.html"> Trouble shooting </a> 38 39 <li> <a href="CONTENT_INSPECTION_README.html"> Content inspection 40 overview</a> 41 42 <li> <a href="SMTPD_ACCESS_README.html">Relay/access control overview 43 </a> 44 45 <li> <a href="DATABASE_README.html"> Lookup table overview </a> 46 47 </ul> 48 49 <h2> Postfix manual page organization </h2> 50 51 <p> Each Postfix manual page is numbered after a section of the 52 UNIX manual: examples are <a href="mailq.1.html">mailq(1)</a> or <a href="access.5.html">access(5)</a>. Unfortunately, 53 there is no single universal method to organize manual pages; each 54 UNIX flavor appears to be different. Postfix documentation assumes 55 the following convention: </p> 56 57 <blockquote> 58 59 <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 60 61 <tr><th> Section </th> <th> Topic </th> </tr> 62 63 <tr><td colspan="2"> <hr> </td> </tr> 64 65 <tr><td align="center"> 1 </td> <td> Commands </td> </tr> 66 67 <tr><td align="center"> 3 </td> <td> Library routines </td> </tr> 68 69 <tr><td align="center"> 5 </td> <td> File formats </td> </tr> 70 71 <tr><td align="center"> 8 </td> <td> Daemons </td> </tr> 72 73 </table> 74 75 </blockquote> 76 77 <h2> Commands </h2> 78 79 <ul> 80 81 82 <li> <a href="postalias.1.html">postalias(1)</a>, create/update/query alias database 83 84 <li> <a href="postcat.1.html">postcat(1)</a>, examine Postfix queue file 85 86 <li> <a href="postconf.1.html">postconf(1)</a>, Postfix configuration utility 87 88 <li> <a href="postdrop.1.html">postdrop(1)</a>, Postfix mail posting utility 89 90 <li> <a href="postfix.1.html">postfix(1)</a>, Postfix control program 91 92 <li> <a href="postfix-non-bdb.1.html">postfix-non-bdb(1)</a>, Postfix Non-Berkeley-DB migration 93 94 <li> <a href="postfix-tls.1.html">postfix-tls(1)</a>, Postfix TLS management 95 96 <li> <a href="postkick.1.html">postkick(1)</a>, trigger Postfix daemon 97 98 <li> <a href="postlock.1.html">postlock(1)</a>, Postfix-compatible locking 99 100 <li> <a href="postlog.1.html">postlog(1)</a>, Postfix-compatible logging 101 102 <li> <a href="postmap.1.html">postmap(1)</a>, Postfix lookup table manager 103 104 <li> <a href="postmulti.1.html">postmulti(1)</a>, Postfix multi-instance manager 105 106 <li> <a href="postqueue.1.html">postqueue(1)</a>, Postfix mail queue control 107 108 <li> <a href="postsuper.1.html">postsuper(1)</a>, Postfix housekeeping 109 110 <li> <a href="mailq.1.html">mailq(1)</a>, Sendmail compatibility interface 111 112 <li> <a href="newaliases.1.html">newaliases(1)</a>, Sendmail compatibility interface 113 114 <li> <a href="sendmail.1.html">sendmail(1)</a>, Sendmail compatibility interface 115 116 </ul> 117 118 <h2> Postfix configuration </h2> 119 120 <ul> 121 122 123 <li> <a href="bounce.5.html">bounce(5)</a>, Postfix bounce message templates 124 125 <li> <a href="master.5.html">master(5)</a>, Postfix <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> file syntax 126 127 <li> <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> file syntax 128 129 <li> <a href="postfix-wrapper.5.html">postfix-wrapper(5)</a>, Postfix multi-instance API 130 131 </ul> 132 133 <h2> Table-driven mechanisms </h2> 134 135 <ul> 136 137 138 <li> <a href="access.5.html">access(5)</a>, Postfix SMTP access control table 139 140 <li> <a href="aliases.5.html">aliases(5)</a>, Postfix <a href="ADDRESS_REWRITING_README.html#aliases">local aliasing</a> 141 142 <li> <a href="canonical.5.html">canonical(5)</a>, Postfix input address rewriting 143 144 <li> <a href="generic.5.html">generic(5)</a>, Postfix output address rewriting 145 146 <li> <a href="header_checks.5.html">header_checks(5)</a>, <a href="header_checks.5.html">body_checks(5)</a>, Postfix content inspection 147 148 <li> <a href="relocated.5.html">relocated(5)</a>, Users that have moved 149 150 <li> <a href="transport.5.html">transport(5)</a>, Postfix routing table 151 152 <li> <a href="virtual.5.html">virtual(5)</a>, Postfix <a href="ADDRESS_REWRITING_README.html#virtual">virtual aliasing</a> 153 154 </ul> 155 156 <h2> Table lookup mechanisms </h2> 157 158 <ul> 159 160 161 <li> <a href="cidr_table.5.html">cidr_table(5)</a>, Associate CIDR pattern with value 162 163 <li> <a href="ldap_table.5.html">ldap_table(5)</a>, Postfix LDAP client 164 165 <li> <a href="lmdb_table.5.html">lmdb_table(5)</a>, Postfix LMDB database driver 166 167 <li> <a href="memcache_table.5.html">memcache_table(5)</a>, Postfix memcache client 168 169 <li> <a href="mongodb_table.5.html">mongodb_table(5)</a>, Postfix MongoDB client 170 171 <li> <a href="mysql_table.5.html">mysql_table(5)</a>, Postfix MYSQL client 172 173 <li> <a href="nisplus_table.5.html">nisplus_table(5)</a>, Postfix NIS+ client 174 175 <li> <a href="pcre_table.5.html">pcre_table(5)</a>, Associate PCRE pattern with value 176 177 <li> <a href="pgsql_table.5.html">pgsql_table(5)</a>, Postfix PostgreSQL client 178 179 <li> <a href="regexp_table.5.html">regexp_table(5)</a>, Associate POSIX regexp pattern with value 180 181 <li> <a href="socketmap_table.5.html">socketmap_table(5)</a>, Postfix socketmap client 182 183 <li> <a href="sqlite_table.5.html">sqlite_table(5)</a>, Postfix SQLite database driver 184 185 <li> <a href="tcp_table.5.html">tcp_table(5)</a>, Postfix client-server table lookup 186 187 </ul> 188 189 <h2> Daemon processes </h2> 190 191 <ul> 192 193 194 <li> <a href="anvil.8.html">anvil(8)</a>, Postfix connection/rate limiting 195 196 <li> <a href="bounce.8.html">bounce(8)</a>, <a href="defer.8.html">defer(8)</a>, <a href="trace.8.html">trace(8)</a>, Delivery status reports 197 198 <li> <a href="cleanup.8.html">cleanup(8)</a>, canonicalize and enqueue message 199 200 <li> <a href="discard.8.html">discard(8)</a>, Postfix discard delivery agent 201 202 <li> <a href="dnsblog.8.html">dnsblog(8)</a>, DNS allow/denylist logger 203 204 <li> <a href="error.8.html">error(8)</a>, Postfix error delivery agent 205 206 <li> <a href="flush.8.html">flush(8)</a>, Postfix fast ETRN service 207 208 <li> <a href="local.8.html">local(8)</a>, Postfix local delivery agent 209 210 <li> <a href="master.8.html">master(8)</a>, Postfix master daemon 211 212 <li> <a href="qmgr.8.html">oqmgr(8)</a>, old Postfix queue manager 213 214 <li> <a href="pickup.8.html">pickup(8)</a>, Postfix local mail pickup 215 216 <li> <a href="pipe.8.html">pipe(8)</a>, deliver mail to non-Postfix command 217 218 <li> <a href="postlogd.8.html">postlogd(8)</a>, Postfix internal logging service 219 220 <li> <a href="postscreen.8.html">postscreen(8)</a>, Postfix zombie blocker 221 222 <li> <a href="proxymap.8.html">proxymap(8)</a>, Postfix lookup table proxy server 223 224 <li> <a href="qmgr.8.html">qmgr(8)</a>, Postfix queue manager 225 226 <li> <a href="qmqpd.8.html">qmqpd(8)</a>, Postfix QMQP server 227 228 <li> <a href="scache.8.html">scache(8)</a>, Postfix connection cache manager 229 230 <li> <a href="showq.8.html">showq(8)</a>, list Postfix mail queue 231 232 <li> <a href="smtp.8.html">smtp(8)</a>, <a href="lmtp.8.html">lmtp(8)</a>, Postfix SMTP+LMTP client 233 234 <li> <a href="smtpd.8.html">smtpd(8)</a>, Postfix SMTP server 235 236 <li> <a href="spawn.8.html">spawn(8)</a>, run non-Postfix server 237 238 <li> <a href="tlsmgr.8.html">tlsmgr(8)</a>, Postfix TLS cache and randomness manager 239 240 <li> <a href="tlsproxy.8.html">tlsproxy(8)</a>, Postfix TLS proxy server 241 242 <li> <a href="trivial-rewrite.8.html">trivial-rewrite(8)</a>, Postfix address rewriting 243 244 <li> <a href="verify.8.html">verify(8)</a>, Postfix address verification 245 246 <li> <a href="virtual.8.html">virtual(8)</a>, Postfix virtual delivery agent 247 248 </ul> 249 250 251 </body> 252 253 </html> 254