postfix Flashcards
Identify and describe the postfix mta components and utilities
Postfix core program that posts a log in the bounce message queue and returns bounced messages
bounce
Postfix core program that processes incoming mail headers and places messages in the incoming queue
cleanup
Postfix core program that processes message requests from the queue manager (qmgr), forcing messages to bounce
error
Postfix core program that processes messages waiting to be retrieved from the queue
flush
Postfix core program that delivers messages destined for local users
local
Postfix core program that waits for messages in the maildrop queue and sends them to cleanup to begin the processing
pickup
Postfix core program that fowards messages from the queue manager to external programs
pipe
Postfix core program that moves incoming messages to the maildrop queue when the queue is not writable by normal users
postdrop
Postfix core program that processes messages in the incoming queue, determines where and how they are to be delivered and spawns programs to deliver them
qmgr
Postfix core program that provides a sendmail compatible interface for programs to send messages to the maildrop queue
sendmail
Postfix core program that reports postfix queue stats
showq
Postfix core program that forwards messages to external hosts using SMTP
smtp
Postfix core program that receives messages from external hosts using SMTP
smtpd
Postfix core program that retrieves messages from cleanup and ensures the header is in a standard format for qmgr and is used by qmgr to resolve remote host addresses
trivial-rewrite
Postfix utility program that checks the postfix mail queue for messages and displays the results
mailq
Postfix utility program that controls starting, stopping and reloading the postfix system
postfix
Postfix utility program that creates, updates or queries the alias dtabase
postalias