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POSTSCREEN(8) POSTSCREEN(8)
<b>NAME</b>
postscreen - Postfix zombie blocker
<b>SYNOPSIS</b>
<b>postscreen</b> [generic Postfix daemon options]
<b>DESCRIPTION</b>
The Postfix <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> server provides additional protection against
mail server overload. One <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> process handles multiple
inbound SMTP connections, and decides which clients may talk to a Post-
fix SMTP server process. By keeping spambots away, <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a>
leaves more SMTP server processes available for legitimate clients, and
delays the onset of server overload conditions.
This program should not be used on SMTP ports that receive mail from
end-user clients (MUAs). In a typical deployment, <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> handles
the MX service on TCP port 25, while MUA clients submit mail via the
<b>submission</b> service on TCP port 587 which requires client authentica-
tion. Alternatively, a site could set up a dedicated, non-postscreen,
"port 25" server that provides <b>submission</b> service and client authenti-
cation, but no MX service.
<a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> maintains a temporary whitelist for clients that have
passed a number of tests. When an SMTP client IP address is
whitelisted, <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> hands off the connection immediately to a
Postfix SMTP server process. This minimizes the overhead for legitimate
mail.
By default, <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> logs statistics and hands off each connection
to a Postfix SMTP server process, while excluding clients in <a href="postconf.5.html#mynetworks">mynetworks</a>
from all tests (primarily, to avoid problems with non-standard SMTP
implementations in network appliances). This default mode blocks no
clients, and is useful for non-destructive testing.
In a typical production setting, <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> is configured to reject
mail from clients that fail one or more tests. <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> logs
rejected mail with the client address, helo, sender and recipient
information.
<a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> is not an SMTP proxy; this is intentional. The purpose
is to keep spambots away from Postfix SMTP server processes, while min-
imizing overhead for legitimate traffic.
<b>SECURITY</b>
The <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> server is moderately security-sensitive. It talks to
untrusted clients on the network. The process can be run chrooted at
fixed low privilege.
<b>STANDARDS</b>
<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc821">RFC 821</a> (SMTP protocol)
<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123">RFC 1123</a> (Host requirements)
<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1652">RFC 1652</a> (8bit-MIME transport)
<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1869">RFC 1869</a> (SMTP service extensions)
<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1870">RFC 1870</a> (Message Size Declaration)
<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1985">RFC 1985</a> (ETRN command)
<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2034">RFC 2034</a> (SMTP Enhanced Status Codes)
<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2821">RFC 2821</a> (SMTP protocol)
Not: <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2920">RFC 2920</a> (SMTP Pipelining)
<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3207">RFC 3207</a> (STARTTLS command)
<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3461">RFC 3461</a> (SMTP DSN Extension)
<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3463">RFC 3463</a> (Enhanced Status Codes)
<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321">RFC 5321</a> (SMTP protocol, including multi-line 220 banners)
<b>DIAGNOSTICS</b>
Problems and transactions are logged to <b>syslogd</b>(8).
<b>BUGS</b>
The <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> built-in SMTP protocol engine currently does not
announce support for AUTH, XCLIENT or XFORWARD. If you need to make
these services available on port 25, then do not enable the optional
"after 220 server greeting" tests, and do not use DNSBLs that reject
traffic from dial-up and residential networks.
The optional "after 220 server greeting" tests involve <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a>'s
built-in SMTP protocol engine. When these tests succeed, <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a>
adds the client to the temporary whitelist, but it cannot not hand off
the "live" connection to a Postfix SMTP server process in the middle of
a session. Instead, <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> defers attempts to deliver mail with
a 4XX status, and waits for the client to disconnect. When the client
connects again, <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> will allow the client to talk to a Post-
fix SMTP server process (provided that the whitelist status has not
expired). <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> mitigates the impact of this limitation by
giving the "after 220 server greeting" tests a long expiration time.
<b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</b>
Changes to <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> are not picked up automatically, as <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a>
processes may run for several hours. Use the command "postfix reload"
after a configuration change.
The text below provides only a parameter summary. See <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>postconf</b>(5)</a> for
more details including examples.
NOTE: Some <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> parameters implement stress-dependent behav-
ior. This is supported only when the default parameter value is
stress-dependent (that is, it looks like ${stress?{X}:{Y}}, or it is
the $<i>name</i> of an smtpd parameter with a stress-dependent default).
Other parameters always evaluate as if the <b>stress</b> parameter value is
the empty string.
<b>COMPATIBILITY CONTROLS</b>
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_command_filter">postscreen_command_filter</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_command_filter">smtpd_command_filter</a>)</b>
A mechanism to transform commands from remote SMTP clients.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_discard_ehlo_keyword_address_maps">postscreen_discard_ehlo_keyword_address_maps</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_discard_ehlo_keyword_address_maps">smtpd_discard_ehlo_key</a>-</b>
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_discard_ehlo_keyword_address_maps">word_address_maps</a>)</b>
Lookup tables, indexed by the remote SMTP client address, with
case insensitive lists of EHLO keywords (pipelining, starttls,
auth, etc.) that the <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> server will not send in the
EHLO response to a remote SMTP client.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_discard_ehlo_keywords">postscreen_discard_ehlo_keywords</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_discard_ehlo_keywords">smtpd_discard_ehlo_keywords</a>)</b>
A case insensitive list of EHLO keywords (pipelining, starttls,
auth, etc.) that the <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> server will not send in the
EHLO response to a remote SMTP client.
Available in Postfix version 3.1 and later:
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#dns_ncache_ttl_fix_enable">dns_ncache_ttl_fix_enable</a> (no)</b>
Enable a workaround for future libc incompatibility.
<b>TROUBLE SHOOTING CONTROLS</b>
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_expansion_filter">postscreen_expansion_filter</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
List of characters that are permitted in
<a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_reject_footer">postscreen_reject_footer</a> attribute expansions.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_reject_footer">postscreen_reject_footer</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_reject_footer">smtpd_reject_footer</a>)</b>
Optional information that is appended after a 4XX or 5XX
<a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> server response.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#soft_bounce">soft_bounce</a> (no)</b>
Safety net to keep mail queued that would otherwise be returned
to the sender.
<b>BEFORE-POSTSCREEN PROXY AGENT</b>
Available in Postfix version 2.10 and later:
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_upstream_proxy_protocol">postscreen_upstream_proxy_protocol</a> (empty)</b>
The name of the proxy protocol used by an optional
before-postscreen proxy agent.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_upstream_proxy_timeout">postscreen_upstream_proxy_timeout</a> (5s)</b>
The time limit for the proxy protocol specified with the
<a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_upstream_proxy_protocol">postscreen_upstream_proxy_protocol</a> parameter.
<b>PERMANENT WHITE/BLACKLIST TEST</b>
This test is executed immediately after a remote SMTP client connects.
If a client is permanently whitelisted, the client will be handed off
immediately to a Postfix SMTP server process.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_access_list">postscreen_access_list</a> (<a href="postconf.5.html#permit_mynetworks">permit_mynetworks</a>)</b>
Permanent white/blacklist for remote SMTP client IP addresses.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_blacklist_action">postscreen_blacklist_action</a> (ignore)</b>
The action that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> takes when a remote SMTP client is
permanently blacklisted with the <a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_access_list">postscreen_access_list</a> parame-
ter.
<b>MAIL EXCHANGER POLICY TESTS</b>
When <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> is configured to monitor all primary and backup MX
addresses, it can refuse to whitelist clients that connect to a backup
MX address only. For small sites, this requires configuring primary and
backup MX addresses on the same MTA. Larger sites would have to share
the <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> cache between primary and backup MTAs, which would
introduce a common point of failure.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_whitelist_interfaces">postscreen_whitelist_interfaces</a> (<a href="DATABASE_README.html#types">static</a>:all)</b>
A list of local <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> server IP addresses where a
non-whitelisted remote SMTP client can obtain <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a>'s
temporary whitelist status.
<b>BEFORE 220 GREETING TESTS</b>
These tests are executed before the remote SMTP client receives the
"220 servername" greeting. If no tests remain after the successful com-
pletion of this phase, the client will be handed off immediately to a
Postfix SMTP server process.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#dnsblog_service_name">dnsblog_service_name</a> (dnsblog)</b>
The name of the <a href="dnsblog.8.html"><b>dnsblog</b>(8)</a> service entry in <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a>.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_action">postscreen_dnsbl_action</a> (ignore)</b>
The action that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> takes when a remote SMTP client's
combined DNSBL score is equal to or greater than a threshold (as
defined with the <a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_sites">postscreen_dnsbl_sites</a> and
<a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_threshold">postscreen_dnsbl_threshold</a> parameters).
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_reply_map">postscreen_dnsbl_reply_map</a> (empty)</b>
A mapping from actual DNSBL domain name which includes a secret
password, to the DNSBL domain name that postscreen will reply
with when it rejects mail.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_sites">postscreen_dnsbl_sites</a> (empty)</b>
Optional list of DNS white/blacklist domains, filters and weight
factors.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_threshold">postscreen_dnsbl_threshold</a> (1)</b>
The inclusive lower bound for blocking a remote SMTP client,
based on its combined DNSBL score as defined with the
<a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_sites">postscreen_dnsbl_sites</a> parameter.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_greet_action">postscreen_greet_action</a> (ignore)</b>
The action that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> takes when a remote SMTP client
speaks before its turn within the time specified with the
<a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_greet_wait">postscreen_greet_wait</a> parameter.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_greet_banner">postscreen_greet_banner</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_banner">smtpd_banner</a>)</b>
The <i>text</i> in the optional "220-<i>text</i>..." server response that
<a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> sends ahead of the real Postfix SMTP server's "220
text..." response, in an attempt to confuse bad SMTP clients so
that they speak before their turn (pre-greet).
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_greet_wait">postscreen_greet_wait</a> (normal: 6s, overload: 2s)</b>
The amount of time that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> will wait for an SMTP
client to send a command before its turn, and for DNS blocklist
lookup results to arrive (default: up to 2 seconds under stress,
up to 6 seconds otherwise).
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_service_name">smtpd_service_name</a> (smtpd)</b>
The internal service that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> hands off allowed con-
nections to.
Available in Postfix version 2.11 and later:
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_whitelist_threshold">postscreen_dnsbl_whitelist_threshold</a> (0)</b>
Allow a remote SMTP client to skip "before" and "after 220
greeting" protocol tests, based on its combined DNSBL score as
defined with the <a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_sites">postscreen_dnsbl_sites</a> parameter.
Available in Postfix version 3.0 and later:
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_timeout">postscreen_dnsbl_timeout</a> (10s)</b>
The time limit for DNSBL or DNSWL lookups.
<b>AFTER 220 GREETING TESTS</b>
These tests are executed after the remote SMTP client receives the "220
servername" greeting. If a client passes all tests during this phase,
it will receive a 4XX response to all RCPT TO commands. After the
client reconnects, it will be allowed to talk directly to a Postfix
SMTP server process.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_bare_newline_action">postscreen_bare_newline_action</a> (ignore)</b>
The action that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> takes when a remote SMTP client
sends a bare newline character, that is, a newline not preceded
by carriage return.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_bare_newline_enable">postscreen_bare_newline_enable</a> (no)</b>
Enable "bare newline" SMTP protocol tests in the <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a>
server.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_disable_vrfy_command">postscreen_disable_vrfy_command</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#disable_vrfy_command">disable_vrfy_command</a>)</b>
Disable the SMTP VRFY command in the <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> daemon.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_forbidden_commands">postscreen_forbidden_commands</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_forbidden_commands">smtpd_forbidden_commands</a>)</b>
List of commands that the <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> server considers in vio-
lation of the SMTP protocol.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_helo_required">postscreen_helo_required</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_helo_required">smtpd_helo_required</a>)</b>
Require that a remote SMTP client sends HELO or EHLO before com-
mencing a MAIL transaction.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_non_smtp_command_action">postscreen_non_smtp_command_action</a> (drop)</b>
The action that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> takes when a remote SMTP client
sends non-SMTP commands as specified with the <a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_forbidden_commands">postscreen_forbid</a>-
<a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_forbidden_commands">den_commands</a> parameter.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_non_smtp_command_enable">postscreen_non_smtp_command_enable</a> (no)</b>
Enable "non-SMTP command" tests in the <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> server.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_pipelining_action">postscreen_pipelining_action</a> (enforce)</b>
The action that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> takes when a remote SMTP client
sends multiple commands instead of sending one command and wait-
ing for the server to respond.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_pipelining_enable">postscreen_pipelining_enable</a> (no)</b>
Enable "pipelining" SMTP protocol tests in the <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a>
server.
<b>CACHE CONTROLS</b>
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_cache_cleanup_interval">postscreen_cache_cleanup_interval</a> (12h)</b>
The amount of time between <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> cache cleanup runs.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_cache_map">postscreen_cache_map</a> (<a href="DATABASE_README.html#types">btree</a>:$<a href="postconf.5.html#data_directory">data_directory</a>/postscreen_cache)</b>
Persistent storage for the <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> server decisions.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_cache_retention_time">postscreen_cache_retention_time</a> (7d)</b>
The amount of time that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> will cache an expired tem-
porary whitelist entry before it is removed.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_bare_newline_ttl">postscreen_bare_newline_ttl</a> (30d)</b>
The amount of time that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> will use the result from a
successful "bare newline" SMTP protocol test.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_max_ttl">postscreen_dnsbl_max_ttl</a></b>
<b>(${<a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_ttl">postscreen_dnsbl_ttl</a>?{$<a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_ttl">postscreen_dnsbl_ttl</a>}:{1}}h)</b>
The maximum amount of time that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> will use the
result from a successful DNS-based reputation test before a
client IP address is required to pass that test again.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_dnsbl_min_ttl">postscreen_dnsbl_min_ttl</a> (60s)</b>
The minimum amount of time that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> will use the
result from a successful DNS-based reputation test before a
client IP address is required to pass that test again.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_greet_ttl">postscreen_greet_ttl</a> (1d)</b>
The amount of time that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> will use the result from a
successful PREGREET test.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_non_smtp_command_ttl">postscreen_non_smtp_command_ttl</a> (30d)</b>
The amount of time that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> will use the result from a
successful "non_smtp_command" SMTP protocol test.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_pipelining_ttl">postscreen_pipelining_ttl</a> (30d)</b>
The amount of time that <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> will use the result from a
successful "pipelining" SMTP protocol test.
<b>RESOURCE CONTROLS</b>
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#line_length_limit">line_length_limit</a> (2048)</b>
Upon input, long lines are chopped up into pieces of at most
this length; upon delivery, long lines are reconstructed.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_client_connection_count_limit">postscreen_client_connection_count_limit</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_client_connection_count_limit">smtpd_client_connec</a>-</b>
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_client_connection_count_limit">tion_count_limit</a>)</b>
How many simultaneous connections any remote SMTP client is
allowed to have with the <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> daemon.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_command_count_limit">postscreen_command_count_limit</a> (20)</b>
The limit on the total number of commands per SMTP session for
<a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a>'s built-in SMTP protocol engine.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_command_time_limit">postscreen_command_time_limit</a> (normal: 300s, overload: 10s)</b>
The time limit to read an entire command line with
<a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a>'s built-in SMTP protocol engine.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_post_queue_limit">postscreen_post_queue_limit</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#default_process_limit">default_process_limit</a>)</b>
The number of clients that can be waiting for service from a
real Postfix SMTP server process.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_pre_queue_limit">postscreen_pre_queue_limit</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#default_process_limit">default_process_limit</a>)</b>
The number of non-whitelisted clients that can be waiting for a
decision whether they will receive service from a real Postfix
SMTP server process.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_watchdog_timeout">postscreen_watchdog_timeout</a> (10s)</b>
How much time a <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> process may take to respond to a
remote SMTP client command or to perform a cache operation
before it is terminated by a built-in watchdog timer.
<b>STARTTLS CONTROLS</b>
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_tls_security_level">postscreen_tls_security_level</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_tls_security_level">smtpd_tls_security_level</a>)</b>
The SMTP TLS security level for the <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> server; when a
non-empty value is specified, this overrides the obsolete param-
eters <a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_use_tls">postscreen_use_tls</a> and <a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_enforce_tls">postscreen_enforce_tls</a>.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#tlsproxy_service_name">tlsproxy_service_name</a> (tlsproxy)</b>
The name of the <a href="tlsproxy.8.html"><b>tlsproxy</b>(8)</a> service entry in <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a>.
<b>OBSOLETE STARTTLS SUPPORT CONTROLS</b>
These parameters are supported for compatibility with <a href="smtpd.8.html"><b>smtpd</b>(8)</a> legacy
parameters.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_use_tls">postscreen_use_tls</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_use_tls">smtpd_use_tls</a>)</b>
Opportunistic TLS: announce STARTTLS support to remote SMTP
clients, but do not require that clients use TLS encryption.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postscreen_enforce_tls">postscreen_enforce_tls</a> ($<a href="postconf.5.html#smtpd_enforce_tls">smtpd_enforce_tls</a>)</b>
Mandatory TLS: announce STARTTLS support to remote SMTP clients,
and require that clients use TLS encryption.
<b>MISCELLANEOUS CONTROLS</b>
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
The default location of the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> con-
figuration files.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#delay_logging_resolution_limit">delay_logging_resolution_limit</a> (2)</b>
The maximal number of digits after the decimal point when log-
ging sub-second delay values.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#command_directory">command_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
The location of all postfix administrative commands.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#max_idle">max_idle</a> (100s)</b>
The maximum amount of time that an idle Postfix daemon process
waits for an incoming connection before terminating voluntarily.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#process_id">process_id</a> (read-only)</b>
The process ID of a Postfix command or daemon process.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#process_name">process_name</a> (read-only)</b>
The process name of a Postfix command or daemon process.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_facility">syslog_facility</a> (mail)</b>
The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_name">syslog_name</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
The mail system name that is prepended to the process name in
syslog records, so that "smtpd" becomes, for example, "post-
fix/smtpd".
<b>SEE ALSO</b>
<a href="smtpd.8.html">smtpd(8)</a>, Postfix SMTP server
<a href="tlsproxy.8.html">tlsproxy(8)</a>, Postfix TLS proxy server
<a href="dnsblog.8.html">dnsblog(8)</a>, DNS black/whitelist logger
syslogd(8), system logging
<b>README FILES</b>
<a href="POSTSCREEN_README.html">POSTSCREEN_README</a>, Postfix Postscreen Howto
<b>LICENSE</b>
The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
<b>HISTORY</b>
This service was introduced with Postfix version 2.8.
Many ideas in <a href="postscreen.8.html"><b>postscreen</b>(8)</a> were explored in earlier work by Michael
Tokarev, in OpenBSD spamd, and in MailChannels Traffic Control.
<b>AUTHOR(S)</b>
Wietse Venema
IBM T.J. Watson Research
P.O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
Wietse Venema
Google, Inc.
111 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10011, USA
POSTSCREEN(8)
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