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GENERIC(5)                                                          GENERIC(5)

<b>NAME</b>
       generic - Postfix generic table format

<b>SYNOPSIS</b>
       <b>postmap /etc/postfix/generic</b>

       <b>postmap -q "</b><i>string</i><b>" /etc/postfix/generic</b>

       <b>postmap -q - /etc/postfix/generic</b> &lt;<i>inputfile</i>

<b>DESCRIPTION</b>
       The optional <a href="generic.5.html"><b>generic</b>(5)</a> table specifies an address mapping that applies
       when mail is delivered. This is the opposite of  <a href="canonical.5.html"><b>canonical</b>(5)</a>  mapping,
       which applies when mail is received.

       Typically, one would use the <a href="generic.5.html"><b>generic</b>(5)</a> table on a system that does not
       have a valid Internet domain name and that uses something like <i>localdo-</i>
       <i>main.local</i>  instead.   The <a href="generic.5.html"><b>generic</b>(5)</a> table is then used by the <a href="smtp.8.html"><b>smtp</b>(8)</a>
       client to transform local  mail  addresses  into  valid  Internet  mail
       addresses  when mail has to be sent across the Internet.  See the EXAM-
       PLE section at the end of this document.

       The <a href="generic.5.html"><b>generic</b>(5)</a> mapping affects  both  message  header  addresses  (i.e.
       addresses  that  appear inside messages) and message envelope addresses
       (for example, the addresses that are used in SMTP protocol commands).

       Normally, the <a href="generic.5.html"><b>generic</b>(5)</a> table is specified as a text file that  serves
       as input to the <a href="postmap.1.html"><b>postmap</b>(1)</a> command.  The result, an indexed file in <b>dbm</b>
       or <b>db</b> format, is used for fast searching by the  mail  system.  Execute
       the  command  "<b>postmap /etc/postfix/generic</b>" to rebuild an indexed file
       after changing the corresponding text file.

       When the table is provided via other means such as NIS,  LDAP  or  SQL,
       the same lookups are done as for ordinary indexed files.

       Alternatively,  the  table  can be provided as a regular-expression map
       where patterns are given as regular  expressions,  or  lookups  can  be
       directed  to TCP-based server. In those case, the lookups are done in a
       slightly different way as described  below  under  "REGULAR  EXPRESSION
       TABLES" or "TCP-BASED TABLES".

<b>CASE FOLDING</b>
       The  search string is folded to lowercase before database lookup. As of
       Postfix 2.3, the search string is not case folded with  database  types
       such  as  <a href="regexp_table.5.html">regexp</a>: or <a href="pcre_table.5.html">pcre</a>: whose lookup fields can match both upper and
       lower case.

<b>TABLE FORMAT</b>
       The input format for the <a href="postmap.1.html"><b>postmap</b>(1)</a> command is as follows:

       <i>pattern result</i>
              When <i>pattern</i> matches a mail address, replace it  by  the  corre-
              sponding <i>result</i>.

       blank lines and comments
              Empty  lines and whitespace-only lines are ignored, as are lines
              whose first non-whitespace character is a `#'.

       multi-line text
              A logical line starts with  non-whitespace  text.  A  line  that
              starts with whitespace continues a logical line.

<b>TABLE SEARCH ORDER</b>
       With  lookups  from  indexed files such as DB or DBM, or from networked
       tables such as NIS, LDAP or SQL,  each  <i>user</i>@<i>domain</i>  query  produces  a
       sequence of query patterns as described below.

       Each query pattern is sent to each specified lookup table before trying
       the next query pattern, until a match is found.

       <i>user</i>@<i>domain address</i>
              Replace <i>user</i>@<i>domain</i> by <i>address</i>. This form has the highest prece-
              dence.

       <i>user address</i>
              Replace  <i>user</i>@<i>site</i>  by  <i>address</i> when <i>site</i> is equal to $<b><a href="postconf.5.html#myorigin">myorigin</a></b>,
              when <i>site</i> is listed in $<b><a href="postconf.5.html#mydestination">mydestination</a></b>, or when it is  listed  in
              $<b><a href="postconf.5.html#inet_interfaces">inet_interfaces</a></b> or $<b><a href="postconf.5.html#proxy_interfaces">proxy_interfaces</a></b>.

       @<i>domain address</i>
              Replace other addresses in <i>domain</i> by <i>address</i>.  This form has the
              lowest precedence.

<b>RESULT ADDRESS REWRITING</b>
       The lookup result is subject to address rewriting:

       <b>o</b>      When the result has the form @<i>otherdomain</i>,  the  result  becomes
              the same <i>user</i> in <i>otherdomain</i>.

       <b>o</b>      When  "<b><a href="postconf.5.html#append_at_myorigin">append_at_myorigin</a>=yes</b>", append "<b>@$<a href="postconf.5.html#myorigin">myorigin</a></b>" to addresses
              without "@domain".

       <b>o</b>      When "<b><a href="postconf.5.html#append_dot_mydomain">append_dot_mydomain</a>=yes</b>", append "<b>.$<a href="postconf.5.html#mydomain">mydomain</a></b>" to addresses
              without ".domain".

<b>ADDRESS EXTENSION</b>
       When a mail address localpart contains the optional recipient delimiter
       (e.g., <i>user+foo</i>@<i>domain</i>), the  lookup  order  becomes:  <i>user+foo</i>@<i>domain</i>,
       <i>user</i>@<i>domain</i>, <i>user+foo</i>, <i>user</i>, and @<i>domain</i>.

       The   <b><a href="postconf.5.html#propagate_unmatched_extensions">propagate_unmatched_extensions</a></b>   parameter  controls  whether  an
       unmatched address extension (<i>+foo</i>) is propagated to the result of table
       lookup.

<b>REGULAR EXPRESSION TABLES</b>
       This  section  describes how the table lookups change when the table is
       given in the form of regular expressions. For a description of  regular
       expression lookup table syntax, see <a href="regexp_table.5.html"><b>regexp_table</b>(5)</a> or <a href="pcre_table.5.html"><b>pcre_table</b>(5)</a>.

       Each  pattern  is  a  regular  expression that is applied to the entire
       address being looked up. Thus, <i>user@domain</i> mail addresses are not  bro-
       ken  up  into their <i>user</i> and <i>@domain</i> constituent parts, nor is <i>user+foo</i>
       broken up into <i>user</i> and <i>foo</i>.

       Patterns are applied in the order as specified in the  table,  until  a
       pattern is found that matches the search string.

       Results  are the same as with indexed file lookups, with the additional
       feature that parenthesized substrings from the pattern can be  interpo-
       lated as <b>$1</b>, <b>$2</b> and so on.

<b>TCP-BASED TABLES</b>
       This  section  describes  how the table lookups change when lookups are
       directed  to  a  TCP-based  server.  For  a  description  of  the   TCP
       client/server  lookup  protocol, see <a href="tcp_table.5.html"><b>tcp_table</b>(5)</a>.  This feature is not
       available up to and including Postfix version 2.4.

       Each lookup operation uses the entire address once.  Thus,  <i>user@domain</i>
       mail  addresses  are  not  broken  up  into their <i>user</i> and <i>@domain</i> con-
       stituent parts, nor is <i>user+foo</i> broken up into <i>user</i> and <i>foo</i>.

       Results are the same as with indexed file lookups.

<b>EXAMPLE</b>
       The following shows a generic mapping with an indexed file.  When  mail
       is  sent to a remote host via SMTP, this replaces <i>his@localdomain.local</i>
       by his ISP mail address, replaces <i>her@localdomain.local</i> by her ISP mail
       address, and replaces other local addresses by his ISP account, with an
       address extension of <i>+local</i> (this example assumes that the ISP supports
       "+" style address extensions).

       /etc/postfix/<a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a>:
           <a href="postconf.5.html#smtp_generic_maps">smtp_generic_maps</a> = <a href="DATABASE_README.html#types">hash</a>:/etc/postfix/generic

       /etc/postfix/generic:
           his@localdomain.local   hisaccount@hisisp.example
           her@localdomain.local   heraccount@herisp.example
           @localdomain.local      hisaccount+local@hisisp.example

       Execute  the  command "<b>postmap /etc/postfix/generic</b>" whenever the table
       is changed.  Instead of <b>hash</b>, some systems use <b>dbm</b> database  files.  To
       find  out  what  tables  your system supports use the command "<b>postconf</b>
       <b>-m</b>".

<b>BUGS</b>
       The table format does not understand quoting conventions.

<b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</b>
       The following <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> parameters are  especially  relevant.   The  text
       below  provides  only  a  parameter  summary.  See <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>postconf</b>(5)</a> for more
       details including examples.

       <b><a href="postconf.5.html#smtp_generic_maps">smtp_generic_maps</a></b>
              Address mapping lookup table for envelope and header sender  and
              recipient addresses while delivering mail via SMTP.

       <b><a href="postconf.5.html#propagate_unmatched_extensions">propagate_unmatched_extensions</a></b>
              A list of address rewriting or forwarding mechanisms that propa-
              gate an address extension  from  the  original  address  to  the
              result.  Specify zero or more of <b>canonical</b>, <b>virtual</b>, <b>alias</b>, <b>for-</b>
              <b>ward</b>, <b>include</b>, or <b>generic</b>.

       Other parameters of interest:

       <b><a href="postconf.5.html#inet_interfaces">inet_interfaces</a></b>
              The network interface addresses that this system  receives  mail
              on.   You  need  to  stop  and start Postfix when this parameter
              changes.

       <b><a href="postconf.5.html#proxy_interfaces">proxy_interfaces</a></b>
              Other interfaces that this machine receives mail on by way of  a
              proxy agent or network address translator.

       <b><a href="postconf.5.html#mydestination">mydestination</a></b>
              List of domains that this mail system considers local.

       <b><a href="postconf.5.html#myorigin">myorigin</a></b>
              The domain that is appended to locally-posted mail.

       <b><a href="postconf.5.html#owner_request_special">owner_request_special</a></b>
              Give special treatment to <b>owner-</b><i>xxx</i> and <i>xxx</i><b>-request</b> addresses.

<b>SEE ALSO</b>
       <a href="postmap.1.html">postmap(1)</a>, Postfix lookup table manager
       <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, configuration parameters
       <a href="smtp.8.html">smtp(8)</a>, Postfix SMTP client

<b>README FILES</b>
       <a href="ADDRESS_REWRITING_README.html">ADDRESS_REWRITING_README</a>, address rewriting guide
       <a href="DATABASE_README.html">DATABASE_README</a>, Postfix lookup table overview
       <a href="STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html">STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README</a>, configuration examples

<b>LICENSE</b>
       The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.

<b>HISTORY</b>
       A genericstable feature appears in the Sendmail MTA.

       This feature is available in Postfix 2.2 and later.

<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

                                                                    GENERIC(5)
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