POSTFIX-ADD-POLICY(8)

💖 postfix-add-policy(8) 💖

ok bestie, this is a page from the System Manager's Manual — we're looking at postfix-add-policy, and it is literally the "set up my smtp policy server for me" button. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

postfix-add-policy — add policy service to Postfix master.cf

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

postfix-add-policy [policy name...] [username...] [argv...]

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so the postfix-add-policy(8) command adds an smtp policy server — named policy name — that runs as username and gets called as argv — into /etc/postfix/master.cf. the whole point is to make it easy to plug in SMTP policy servers like postgrey or postfix-policyd-spf-perl. the config it writes is based on the Postfix SMTPD_POLICY_README, but heads up: admins should verify it's actually appropriate for their requirements. no cap. 🔥

the original file gets copied before any modification, and that copy is left sitting in /etc/postfix so you can revert your changes easily. iconic safety behaviour, honestly 💅

available in the Debian package for Postfix version 2.5.3 and later.

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🩺 DIAGNOSTICS 🩺

if the given policy name already shows up in the master.cf, a message gets printed to standard out and master.cf will not be modified. it's giving "i see you, but no 💀".

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🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

• MAIL_CONFIG — directory with Postfix configuration files.

bestie, listen. the postfix-add-policy(8) command should use this, but it currently doesn't. it's hard coded to /etc/postfix. this should be changed. 🫠

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🎀 CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS 🎀

None

(yeah. nothing. empty. a whole vibe of nothing. ✨)

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🗂️ FILES 🗂️

• /etc/postfix/master.cf

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

postconf(5), Postfix configuration

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📜 LICENSE 📜

this software is licensed under the MIT open source license.

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💜 AUTHOR(S) 💜

Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>

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and that's the whole page, bestie — no crumbs left 🍓

this was POSTFIX-ADD-POLICY(8) from the System Manager's Manual, footer and all — go forth and add your policy service, you absolute queen 👑💅