postfix Flashcards

Identify and describe the postfix mta components and utilities

1
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Postfix core program that posts a log in the bounce message queue and returns bounced messages

A

bounce

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2
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Postfix core program that processes incoming mail headers and places messages in the incoming queue

A

cleanup

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3
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Postfix core program that processes message requests from the queue manager (qmgr), forcing messages to bounce

A

error

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4
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Postfix core program that processes messages waiting to be retrieved from the queue

A

flush

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5
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Postfix core program that delivers messages destined for local users

A

local

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6
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Postfix core program that waits for messages in the maildrop queue and sends them to cleanup to begin the processing

A

pickup

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7
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Postfix core program that fowards messages from the queue manager to external programs

A

pipe

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8
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Postfix core program that moves incoming messages to the maildrop queue when the queue is not writable by normal users

A

postdrop

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9
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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

A

qmgr

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10
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Postfix core program that provides a sendmail compatible interface for programs to send messages to the maildrop queue

A

sendmail

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11
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Postfix core program that reports postfix queue stats

A

showq

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12
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Postfix core program that forwards messages to external hosts using SMTP

A

smtp

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13
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Postfix core program that receives messages from external hosts using SMTP

A

smtpd

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14
Q

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

A

trivial-rewrite

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15
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Postfix utility program that checks the postfix mail queue for messages and displays the results

A

mailq

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16
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Postfix utility program that controls starting, stopping and reloading the postfix system

A

postfix

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17
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Postfix utility program that creates, updates or queries the alias dtabase

A

postalias

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18
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Postfix utility program that displays the contents of postfix queue files

A

postcat

19
Q

Postfix utility program that sends commands to running postfix services

A

postkick

20
Q

Postfix utility program that locks specified postfix files and executes specified commands

A

postlock

21
Q

Postfix utility program that logs to the system-logging facility

A

postlog

22
Q

Postfix utility program that creates or queries a postfix lookup table

A

postmap

23
Q

Postfix utility program that performs maintenance on specified postfix queue directories

A

postsuper

24
Q

Location for postfix config files

A

/etc/postfix/

25
Q

Postfix configuration file that contains info from the install parameters used when postfix was installed

A

install.cf

26
Q

Postfix configuration file that contains parameters used by the postfix programs when processing messages

A

main.cf

27
Q

Postfix configuration file that contains parameters used by the postfix master program when running core programs

A

master.cf

28
Q

Common postfix config setting that defines the hostname of the server

A

myhostname

e.g. myhostname = mailserver.smallorg.org

29
Q

Common postfix config setting that defines the domain name of the server

A

mydomain

e.g mydomain = smallorg.org

30
Q

Common postfix config setting that specifies the domain or hostname to be used for outgoing messages

A

myorigin

e.g. myorigin = smallorg.org

31
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Common postfix config setting that specifies domain(s) postfix will accept mail for

A

mydestination

e.g. mydestination = smallorg.org, mediumorg.org

32
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Common postfix config setting that specifies domains that are allowed to forward mail on this postfix server

A

relay_domains

e.g. relay_domains = bigorg.org

33
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Common postfix config setting that defines another SMTP server for all outbound messages

A

relayhost

e.g. relayhost = mx1.myisp.com

34
Q

Common postfix config setting that specifies a file that maps domain aliases to user accounts

A

virtual_alias_domains

35
Q

postfix lookup table that maps remote hosts to accept or deny table for security

A

access

36
Q

postfix lookup table that maps recipients to local mailboxes

A

alias

37
Q

postfix lookup table that maps alternative mailbox names to real mailbox names

A

canonical

38
Q

postfix lookup table that old user mailbox names to new mailbo name

A

reloacted

39
Q

postfix lookup table that maps domain names to delivery methods

A

transport

40
Q

postfix lookup table that maps recipients an domains to local mailboxes

A

virtual

41
Q

postfix security setting that enables TLS

A

smtpd_tls_security_level

e.g. smptd_tls_security_level = may

42
Q

postfix security setting that specifies the TLS certificate file for the postfix server

A

smtpd_tls_cert_file

e.g. smptd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/cert.pem

43
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postfix security setting that specifies the TLS certificate key file for the postfix server

A

smtpd_tls_key_file

e.g. smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/key.pem