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* '''Find out how email is handled''' by emailing a report to the mailbox for your current user: | * '''Find out how email is handled''' by emailing a report to the mailbox for your current user: | ||
** '''<code>sendmail -bv {{arg|address}}</code>''': create a what-if report: tell what would happen, but do not actually deliver mail<ref name=postfix-debug /> | ** '''<code>sendmail -bv {{arg|address}}</code>''': create a what-if report: tell what would happen, but do not actually deliver mail<ref name=postfix-debug /> | ||
+ | *** UNCONFIRMED because I could not find the report in my in-box (which was empty). | ||
** '''<code>sendmail -v {{arg|address}}</code>''': create a what-happened report: deliver mail and report successes and/or failures, including replies from remote SMTP servers<ref name=postfix-debug /> | ** '''<code>sendmail -v {{arg|address}}</code>''': create a what-happened report: deliver mail and report successes and/or failures, including replies from remote SMTP servers<ref name=postfix-debug /> | ||
+ | *** UNCONFIRMED because I could not find the report in my in-box (which was empty). | ||
==Footnote== | ==Footnote== | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name=postfix-debug>[http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html Postfix Debugging Howto]</ref> | <ref name=postfix-debug>[http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html Postfix Debugging Howto]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> |
Revision as of 15:19, 29 October 2020
How to
- Find where the config files are:
postconf <setting_name>
, where <setting_name> is one of the following:alias_database
filespec for the main alias database ("hash:" just means a text file)alias_maps
seems to be the same thing?config_directory
: main folder where config files are stored (typically/etc/postfix
)mydomain
: not sure what this specifically does, but it seems significantmyhostname
: internet domain name for the servermyorigin
: I think this sets the "from" address in outgoing mail (typically/etc/mailname
)virtual_alias_domains
: list of virtual domains we're handling (see Postfix Virtual Domain Hosting Howto)virtual_alias_maps
: alias maps for virtual domains, same format asalias_maps
(typicallyhash:/etc/postfix/virtual
)
postconf -n
will show any settings which have been changed from their defaultspostconf
will show a (long) list of all settings, which can either be dumped to a file for searching or viewed in a scrollable way withpostconf | less
- Find out how email is handled by emailing a report to the mailbox for your current user:
sendmail -bv <address>
: create a what-if report: tell what would happen, but do not actually deliver mail[1]- UNCONFIRMED because I could not find the report in my in-box (which was empty).
sendmail -v <address>
: create a what-happened report: deliver mail and report successes and/or failures, including replies from remote SMTP servers[1]- UNCONFIRMED because I could not find the report in my in-box (which was empty).