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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 01:46:30 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 01:46:30 +0000 |
commit | b5896ba9f6047e7031e2bdee0622d543e11a6734 (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 3.4.23.upstream/3.4.23upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man/man5/tcp_table.5 b/man/man5/tcp_table.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..02a7989 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man5/tcp_table.5 @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +.TH TCP_TABLE 5 +.ad +.fi +.SH NAME +tcp_table +\- +Postfix client/server table lookup protocol +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.na +.nf +\fBpostmap \-q "\fIstring\fB" tcp:\fIhost:port\fR + +\fBpostmap \-q \- tcp:\fIhost:port\fB <\fIinputfile\fR +.SH DESCRIPTION +.ad +.fi +The Postfix mail system uses optional tables for address +rewriting or mail routing. These tables are usually in +\fBdbm\fR or \fBdb\fR format. Alternatively, table lookups +can be directed to a TCP server. + +To find out what types of lookup tables your Postfix system +supports use the "\fBpostconf \-m\fR" command. + +To test lookup tables, use the "\fBpostmap \-q\fR" command as +described in the SYNOPSIS above. +.SH "PROTOCOL DESCRIPTION" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +The TCP map class implements a very simple protocol: the client +sends a request, and the server sends one reply. Requests and +replies are sent as one line of ASCII text, terminated by the +ASCII newline character. Request and reply parameters (see below) +are separated by whitespace. + +Send and receive operations must complete in 100 seconds. +.SH "REQUEST FORMAT" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +The tcp_table protocol supports only the lookup request. +The request has the following form: +.IP "\fBget\fR SPACE \fIkey\fR NEWLINE" +Look up data under the specified key. +.PP +Postfix will not generate partial search keys such as domain +names without one or more subdomains, network addresses +without one or more least\-significant octets, or email +addresses without the localpart, address extension or domain +portion. This behavior is also found with cidr:, pcre:, and +regexp: tables. +.SH "REPLY FORMAT" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +Each reply specifies a status code and text. Replies must be no +longer than 4096 characters including the newline terminator. +.IP "\fB500\fR SPACE \fItext\fR NEWLINE" +In case of a lookup request, the requested data does not exist. +The text describes the nature of the problem. +.IP "\fB400\fR SPACE \fItext\fR NEWLINE" +This indicates an error condition. The text describes the nature of +the problem. The client should retry the request later. +.IP "\fB200\fR SPACE \fItext\fR NEWLINE" +The request was successful. In the case of a lookup request, +the text contains an encoded version of the requested data. +.SH "ENCODING" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +In request and reply parameters, the character %, each non\-printing +character, and each whitespace character must be replaced by %XX, +where XX is the corresponding ASCII hexadecimal character value. The +hexadecimal codes can be specified in any case (upper, lower, mixed). + +The Postfix client always encodes a request. +The server may omit the encoding as long as the reply +is guaranteed to not contain the % or NEWLINE character. +.SH "SECURITY" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +Do not use TCP lookup tables for security critical purposes. +The client\-server connection is not protected and the server +is not authenticated. +.SH BUGS +.ad +.fi +Only the lookup method is currently implemented. + +The client does not hang up when the connection is idle for +a long time. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.na +.nf +postmap(1), Postfix lookup table manager +regexp_table(5), format of regular expression tables +pcre_table(5), format of PCRE tables +cidr_table(5), format of CIDR tables +.SH "README FILES" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +Use "\fBpostconf readme_directory\fR" or +"\fBpostconf html_directory\fR" to locate this information. +.na +.nf +DATABASE_README, Postfix lookup table overview +.SH "LICENSE" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. +.SH "AUTHOR(S)" +.na +.nf +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 |