ERROR(8) ERROR(8)
NAME
error - Postfix error mailer
SYNOPSIS
error [generic Postfix daemon options]
DESCRIPTION
The Postfix error mailer processes message delivery
requests from the queue manager. Each request specifies a
queue file, a sender address, a domain or host name that
is treated as the reason for non-delivery, and recipient
information. This program expects to be run from the mas-
ter(8) process manager.
The error mailer client forces all recipients to bounce,
using the domain or host information as the reason for
non-delivery, updates the queue file and marks recipients
as finished, or it informs the queue manager that delivery
should be tried again at a later time.
Delivery problem reports are sent to the bounce(8) or
defer(8) daemon as appropriate.
SECURITY
The error mailer is not security-sensitive. It does not
talk to the network, and can be run chrooted at fixed low
privilege.
STANDARDS
None.
DIAGNOSTICS
Problems and transactions are logged to syslogd(8).
Depending on the setting of the notify_classes parameter,
the postmaster is notified of bounces and of other trou-
ble.
BUGS
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant
to this program. See the Postfix main.cf file for syntax
details and for default values. Use the postfix reload
command after a configuration change.
Miscellaneous
bounce_notice_recipient
Postmaster for bounce error notices.
notify_classes
When this parameter includes the bounce class, send
mail to the postmaster with with the headers of the
bounced mail.
SEE ALSO
bounce(8) non-delivery status reports
master(8) process manager
qmgr(8) queue manager
syslogd(8) system logging
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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