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details and for default values. Use the postfix reload
command after a configuration change.
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Miscellaneous
inet_interfaces
The network interfaces that this mail system
receives mail on. This information is used to
determine if user@[net.work.addr.ess] is local or
remote.
mydestination
List of domains that this machine considers local.
myorigin
The domain that locally-posted mail appears to come
from.
Rewriting
allow_percent_hack
Rewrite user%domain to user@domain.
append_at_myorigin
Rewrite user to user@$myorigin.
append_dot_mydomain
Rewrite user@host to user@host.$mydomain.
swap_bangpath
Rewrite site!user to user@site.
Routing
local_transport
Where to deliver mail for destinations that match
$mydestination or $inet_interfaces. The default
transport is local.
Syntax is transport:nexthop; see transport(5) for
details. The :nexthop part is optional.
default_transport
Where to deliver non-local mail when no information
is explicitly given in the transport(5) table. The
default transport is smtp.
Syntax is transport:nexthop; see transport(5) for
details. The :nexthop part is optional.
relayhost
The default host to send non-local mail to when no
entry is matched in the transport(5) table.
When no relayhost is specified, mail is routed
directly to the destination's mail exchanger.
transport_maps
List of tables with domain to (transport, nexthop)
mappings.
SEE ALSO
master(8) process manager
syslogd(8) system logging
transport(5) transport table format
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