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NAME
trivial-rewrite - Postfix address rewriting and resolving daemon
SYNOPSIS
trivial-rewrite [generic Postfix daemon options]
DESCRIPTION
The trivial-rewrite(8) daemon processes three types of client service requests:
rewrite context address
Rewrite an address to standard form, according to the address rewriting context:
local Append the domain names specified with $myorigin or $mydomain to incomplete addresses;
do swap_bangpath and allow_percent_hack processing as described below, and strip source
routed addresses (@site,@site:user@domain) to user@domain form.
remote Append the domain name specified with $remote_header_rewrite_domain to incomplete
addresses. Otherwise the result is identical to that of the local address rewriting
context. This prevents Postfix from appending the local domain to spam from poorly
written remote clients.
resolve sender address
Resolve the address to a (transport, nexthop, recipient, flags) quadruple. The meaning of the
results is as follows:
transport
The delivery agent to use. This is the first field of an entry in the master.cf file.
nexthop
The host to send to and optional delivery method information.
recipient
The envelope recipient address that is passed on to nexthop.
flags The address class, whether the address requires relaying, whether the address has prob-lems, problems,
lems, and whether the request failed.
verify sender address
Resolve the address for address verification purposes.
SERVER PROCESS MANAGEMENT
The trivial-rewrite(8) servers run under control by the Postfix master server. Each server can han-dle handle
dle multiple simultaneous connections. When all servers are busy while a client connects, the master
creates a new server process, provided that the trivial-rewrite server process limit is not exceeded.
Each trivial-rewrite server terminates after serving at least $max_use clients of after $max_idle
seconds of idle time.
STANDARDS
None. The command does not interact with the outside world.
SECURITY
The trivial-rewrite(8) daemon is not security sensitive. By default, this daemon does not talk to
remote or local users. It can run at a fixed low privilege in a chrooted environment.
DIAGNOSTICS
Problems and transactions are logged to syslogd(8).
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
On busy mail systems a long time may pass before a main.cf change affecting trivial-rewrite(8) is
picked up. Use the command "postfix reload" to speed up a change.
The text below provides only a parameter summary. See postconf(5) for more details including exam-ples. examples.
ples.
COMPATIBILITY CONTROLS
resolve_dequoted_address (yes)
Resolve a recipient address safely instead of correctly, by looking inside quotes.
resolve_null_domain (no)
Resolve an address that ends in the "@" null domain as if the local hostname were specified,
instead of rejecting the address as invalid.
resolve_numeric_domain (no)
Resolve "user@ipaddress" as "user@[ipaddress]", instead of rejecting the address as invalid.
ADDRESS REWRITING CONTROLS
myorigin ($myhostname)
The domain name that locally-posted mail appears to come from, and that locally posted mail is
delivered to.
allow_percent_hack (yes)
Enable the rewriting of the form "user%domain" to "user@domain".
append_at_myorigin (yes)
With locally submitted mail, append the string "@$myorigin" to mail addresses without domain
information.
append_dot_mydomain (yes)
With locally submitted mail, append the string ".$mydomain" to addresses that have no
".domain" information.
recipient_delimiter (empty)
The separator between user names and address extensions (user+foo).
swap_bangpath (yes)
Enable the rewriting of "site!user" into "user@site".
Available in Postfix 2.2 and later:
remote_header_rewrite_domain (empty)
Don't rewrite message headers from remote clients at all when this parameter is empty; other-wise, otherwise,
wise, rewrite message headers and append the specified domain name to incomplete addresses.
ROUTING CONTROLS
The following is applicable to Postfix version 2.0 and later. Earlier versions do not have support
for: virtual_transport, relay_transport, virtual_alias_domains, virtual_mailbox_domains or
proxy_interfaces.
local_transport (local:$myhostname)
The default mail delivery transport and next-hop destination for final delivery to domains
listed with mydestination, and for [ipaddress] destinations that match $inet_interfaces or
$proxy_interfaces.
virtual_transport (virtual)
The default mail delivery transport and next-hop destination for final delivery to domains
listed with $virtual_mailbox_domains.
relay_transport (relay)
The default mail delivery transport and next-hop destination for remote delivery to domains
listed with $relay_domains.
default_transport (smtp)
The default mail delivery transport and next-hop destination for destinations that do not
match $mydestination, $inet_interfaces, $proxy_interfaces, $virtual_alias_domains, $vir-tual_mailbox_domains, $virtual_mailbox_domains,
tual_mailbox_domains, or $relay_domains.
parent_domain_matches_subdomains (see 'postconf -d' output)
What Postfix features match subdomains of "domain.tld" automatically, instead of requiring an
explicit ".domain.tld" pattern.
relayhost (empty)
The next-hop destination of non-local mail; overrides non-local domains in recipient
addresses.
transport_maps (empty)
Optional lookup tables with mappings from recipient address to (message delivery transport,
next-hop destination).
Available in Postfix version 2.3 and later:
sender_dependent_relayhost_maps (empty)
A sender-dependent override for the global relayhost parameter setting.
ADDRESS VERIFICATION CONTROLS
Postfix version 2.1 introduces sender and recipient address verification. This feature is imple-mented implemented
mented by sending probe email messages that are not actually delivered. By default, address verifi-cation verification
cation probes use the same route as regular mail. To override specific aspects of message routing for
address verification probes, specify one or more of the following:
address_verify_local_transport ($local_transport)
Overrides the local_transport parameter setting for address verification probes.
address_verify_virtual_transport ($virtual_transport)
Overrides the virtual_transport parameter setting for address verification probes.
address_verify_relay_transport ($relay_transport)
Overrides the relay_transport parameter setting for address verification probes.
address_verify_default_transport ($default_transport)
Overrides the default_transport parameter setting for address verification probes.
address_verify_relayhost ($relayhost)
Overrides the relayhost parameter setting for address verification probes.
address_verify_transport_maps ($transport_maps)
Overrides the transport_maps parameter setting for address verification probes.
Available in Postfix version 2.3 and later:
address_verify_sender_dependent_relayhost_maps (empty)
Overrides the sender_dependent_relayhost_maps parameter setting for address verification
probes.
MISCELLANEOUS CONTROLS
config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf configuration files.
daemon_timeout (18000s)
How much time a Postfix daemon process may take to handle a request before it is terminated by
a built-in watchdog timer.
empty_address_recipient (MAILER-DAEMON)
The recipient of mail addressed to the null address.
ipc_timeout (3600s)
The time limit for sending or receiving information over an internal communication channel.
max_idle (100s)
The maximum amount of time that an idle Postfix daemon process waits for an incoming connec-tion connection
tion before terminating voluntarily.
max_use (100)
The maximal number of incoming connections that a Postfix daemon process will service before
terminating voluntarily.
relocated_maps (empty)
Optional lookup tables with new contact information for users or domains that no longer exist.
process_id (read-only)
The process ID of a Postfix command or daemon process.
process_name (read-only)
The process name of a Postfix command or daemon process.
queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.
show_user_unknown_table_name (yes)
Display the name of the recipient table in the "User unknown" responses.
syslog_facility (mail)
The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
syslog_name (postfix)
The mail system name that is prepended to the process name in syslog records, so that "smtpd"
becomes, for example, "postfix/smtpd".
Available in Postfix version 2.0 and later:
helpful_warnings (yes)
Log warnings about problematic configuration settings, and provide helpful suggestions.
SEE ALSO
postconf(5), configuration parameters
transport(5), transport table format
relocated(5), format of the "user has moved" table
master(8), process manager
syslogd(8), system logging
README FILES
Use "postconf readme_directory" or "postconf html_directory" to locate this information.
ADDRESS_CLASS_README, Postfix address classes howto
ADDRESS_VERIFICATION_README, Postfix address verification
LICENSE
The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
AUTHOR(S)
Wietse Venema
IBM T.J. Watson Research
P.O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
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