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NAME

       error - Postfix error mailer

SYNOPSIS

       error [generic Postfix daemon options]

DESCRIPTION

       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
       master(8) 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 bounce(8) or defer(8) daemon as appropriate.

SECURITY

       The error mailer is not security-sensitive. It does not talk to the network, and can be run chrooted at fixed low privilege.

STANDARDS

       None.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Problems and transactions are logged to syslogd(8).

       Depending on the setting of the notify_classes parameter, the postmaster is notified of bounces and of other trouble.

BUGS

CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

       The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant to this program. See the Postfix main.cf file for syntax details and  for  default
       values. Use the postfix reload command after a configuration change.

Miscellaneous
       bounce_notice_recipient
	      Postmaster for bounce error notices.

       notify_classes
	      When this parameter includes the bounce class, send mail to the postmaster with with the headers of the bounced mail.

SEE ALSO

       bounce(8) non-delivery status reports
       master(8) process manager
       qmgr(8) queue manager
       syslogd(8) system logging

LICENSE

       The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.

AUTHOR(S)
       Wietse Venema
       IBM T.J. Watson Research
       P.O. Box 704
       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA

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