Internet Technology Assignment-1

1. html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/html It is the location of the Postfix HTML documentation. The html file in this location describes how to bulid, configure or operate a specific Postfix subsystem or feature 2. sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix This is the full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command. A Sendmail compatibility feature specifies the location of the Postfix sendmail(1) command. This command can be used to submit mail into the Postfix queue. The Postfix sendmail(1) command implements the Postfix to Sendmail compatibility interface. By default, Postfix sendmail(1) reads a message from standard input until EOF or until it reads a line with only a . character, and arranges for delivery. 3. setgid_group = postdrop This is the group for mail submission and queue management commands. This must be a group name with a numerical group ID that is not shared with other accounts, not even with the Postfix account.It gives the group ownership of set-gid Postfix commands and of group-writable Postfix directories. When this parameter value is changed you need to re-run postfix setpermissions. The default value is postdrop.

3. command_directory = /usr/sbin The command_directory parameter speecifies the location of the administrative commands. In this case these commands are present in /usr/sbin

4. manpage_directory = /usr/share/man This gives the location of the Postfix on-line manual pages i.e. where the postfix manual pages are installed. 5. daemon_directory = /usr/lib64/postfix

The daemon_directory parameter specifies the location of all Postfix daemon programs (i.e. programs listed in the master.cf file). This directory must be owned by root.These should not be invoked directly by humans.

6. data_directory = /var/lib/postfix The data_directory parameter specifies the location of Postfix-writable data files (caches, random numbers). This directory must be owned by the mail_owner account and must not be shared with non-Postfix software.

7. newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases This is the full pathname of the Postfix newaliases command. This command is Sendmailcompatible to build alias databases.

8. mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq This is the full pathname of the Postfix mailq command. This command can be used to list the Postfix mail queue.

9. queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix The queue_directory specifies the location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.This is also the root directory of Postfix daemons processes that run chrooted.

10. mail_owner = postfix The mail_owner parameter specifies the owner of the Postfix queue and of most Postfix daemon processes. The name of a user account should does not share its user or group ID with other accounts and that owns no other files or processes on the system. In particular, don't specify nobody or daemon.

11. mydomain = iiitm.ac.in The mydomain parameter specifies the local internet domain name. The default is to use $myhostname minus the first component. $mydomain is used as a default value for many other configuration parameters. But here the internet domain name is iiitm.ac.in

12. myorigin = $mydomain The domain name that locally-posted mail appears to come from, and that locally posted mail is delivered to. When run on a domain with multiple machines, this is changed to $mydomain. For the sake of consistency between sender and recipient addresses, myorigin also specifies the default domain name that is appended to recipient addresses that have no @domain part.

13. mydestination = It Specifies a list of host or domain names, "/file/name" or "type:table" patterns, separated by commas and/or whitespace. A "/file/name" pattern is replaced by its contents; a "type:table" lookup table is matched when a name matches a lookup key (the lookup result is ignored). Continue long lines by starting the next line with whitespace.

14. message_size_limit = 20971520 This is maximal size in bytes of a message, including envelope information.

15. bounce_queue_lifetime = 2d This is the maximal time a bounce message is queued before it is considered undeliverable. By default, this is the same as the queue life time for regular mail. In this command the bounce message will be queued for 2 days before considering undeliverable Time units: s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), d (days), w (weeks). The default time unit is d (days).

16. backwards_bounce_logfile_compatibility = no This produces an additional bounce(8) logfile records that can be read by Postfix versions before 2.0. But since this value is NO here therefore no additional bounce(8) logfile record will be produced.

17. disable_verp_bounces = yes This disables sending one bounce report per recipient.

18. maximal_queue_lifetime = 2d This is the maximal time a message is queued before it is sent back as undeliverable. i.e. this message will be queued for 2 days before being sent back undelivered. Time units: s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), d (days), w (weeks). The default time unit is d (days).

19. masquerade_domains = !lists.iiitm.ac.in iiitm.ac.in This gives the optional list of domains whose subdomain structure will be stripped off in email addresses. The list is processed left to right, and processing stops at the first match. But a domain name prefixed with ! means do not masquerade this domain or its subdomains. Hence, the given command will not change "[email protected]" to "[email protected]" but it will strip "[email protected]" to [email protected]

20. mynetworks = 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.105 192.168.1.104 202.3.77.189 smtpin1.mailsecure.in The mynetworks parameter specifies the list of "trusted" SMTP clients that have more privileges than "strangers".In particular, "trusted" SMTP clients are allowed to relay mail through Postfix.

21. smtpd_banner = $myhostname The smtpd_banner parameter specifies the text that follows the 220 code in the SMTP server's greeting banner. Some people like to see the mail version advertised. By default, Postfix shows no version.

22. smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject This command will permit the request when the client IP address matches any network or network addresses in $mynetworks and the reject code configuration parameter specifies the response code for rejected requests.

23. transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport This gives the optional lookup tables with mappings from recipient address to (message delivery transport, next-hop destination). When this this feature is used with local files, run "postmap/etc/postfix/transport" after making a change.