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@@ -223,27 +223,30 @@ are replaced with underscores. The list of acceptable characters
is specified with the \fBcommand_expansion_filter\fR configuration
parameter.
.IP \fBSHELL\fR
-The recipient user's login shell.
+The envelope recipient user's login shell.
.IP \fBHOME\fR
-The recipient user's home directory.
+The envelope recipient user's home directory.
.IP \fBUSER\fR
-The bare recipient name.
+The bare envelope recipient name.
.IP \fBEXTENSION\fR
-The optional recipient address extension.
+The optional envelope recipient address extension.
.IP \fBDOMAIN\fR
-The recipient address domain part.
+The envelope recipient address domain part.
.IP \fBLOGNAME\fR
-The bare recipient name.
+The bare envelope recipient name.
.IP \fBLOCAL\fR
-The entire recipient address localpart (text to the left of the
-rightmost @ character).
+The entire envelope recipient address localpart (text to
+the left of the rightmost @ character).
.IP \fBORIGINAL_RECIPIENT\fR
-The entire recipient address, before any address rewriting
-or aliasing (Postfix 2.5 and later).
+The entire envelope recipient address, before any address
+rewriting or aliasing (Postfix 2.5 and later).
.IP \fBRECIPIENT\fR
-The entire recipient address.
+The entire envelope recipient address.
.IP \fBSENDER\fR
-The entire sender address.
+The entire envelope sender address.
+.IP \fBENVID\fR
+The optional RFC 3461 envelope ID. Available as of Postfix
+3.9.
.PP
Additional remote client information is made available via
the following environment variables:
@@ -449,7 +452,9 @@ mailbox_transport, mailbox_command_maps, mailbox_command,
home_mailbox, mail_spool_directory, fallback_transport_maps,
fallback_transport, and luser_relay.
.IP "\fBalias_maps (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR"
-The alias databases that are used for \fBlocal\fR(8) delivery.
+Optional lookup tables with aliases that apply only to \fBlocal\fR(8)
+recipients; this is unlike virtual_alias_maps that apply to all
+recipients: \fBlocal\fR(8), virtual, and remote.
.IP "\fBforward_path (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR"
The \fBlocal\fR(8) delivery agent search list for finding a .forward
file with user\-specified delivery methods.