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<b>NAME</b>
error - Postfix error mailer
<b>SYNOPSIS</b>
<b>error</b> [generic Postfix daemon options]
<b>DESCRIPTION</b>
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 <a href="master.8.html"><b>mas-</b>
<b>ter</b>(8)</a> 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 <a href="bounce.8.html"><b>bounce</b>(8)</a> or
<a href="defer.8.html"><b>defer</b>(8)</a> daemon as appropriate.
<b>SECURITY</b>
The error mailer is not security-sensitive. It does not
talk to the network, and can be run chrooted at fixed low
privilege.
<b>STANDARDS</b>
None.
<b>DIAGNOSTICS</b>
Problems and transactions are logged to <b>syslogd</b>(8).
Depending on the setting of the <b>notify</b><i>_</i><b>classes</b> parameter,
the postmaster is notified of bounces and of other trou-
ble.
<b>BUGS</b>
<b>CONFIGURATION</b> <b>PARAMETERS</b>
The following <b>main.cf</b> parameters are especially relevant
to this program. See the Postfix <b>main.cf</b> file for syntax
details and for default values. Use the <b>postfix</b> <b>reload</b>
command after a configuration change.
<b>Miscellaneous</b>
<b>bounce</b><i>_</i><b>notice</b><i>_</i><b>recipient</b>
Postmaster for bounce error notices.
<b>notify</b><i>_</i><b>classes</b>
When this parameter includes the <b>bounce</b> class, send
mail to the postmaster with with the headers of the
bounced mail.
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<b>SEE</b> <b>ALSO</b>
<a href="bounce.8.html">bounce(8)</a> non-delivery status reports
<a href="master.8.html">master(8)</a> process manager
<a href="qmgr.8.html">qmgr(8)</a> queue manager
syslogd(8) system logging
<b>LICENSE</b>
The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this
software.
<b>AUTHOR(S)</b>
Wietse Venema
IBM T.J. Watson Research
P.O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
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