From: Dean Gibson (Mail Administrator) (postfixultimeth.com)
Date: Fri Aug 01 2003 - 17:39:10 CDT

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Wietse Venema wrote on 2003-08-01 13:15:
>So stop bitching and start contributing. What I find lame is the folks
>who complain and don't contribute.
>
> Wietse

Okay, here's some.

1. At the top of the distributed (1.1.11) main.cf, is the comment:

# The general format is lines with parameter = value pairs. Lines
# that begin with whitespace continue the previous line. A value can
# contain references to other $names or ${name}s.

Change that to:

# The general format of each line is: parameter = value(s).
# Lines that begin with whitespace continue the previous line.
# A value can contain references to other $names or ${name}s.
# Multiple values for a parameter are separated by whitespace
# and/or commas.

2. Then, in the distributed (1.1.11) master.cf, is the comment:

# Command + args: the command to be executed. The command name is
# relative to the Postfix program directory (pathname is controlled by
# the program_directory configuration variable). Adding one or more
# -v options turns on verbose logging for that service; adding a -D
# option enables symbolic debugging (see the debugger_command variable
# in the main.cf configuration file). See individual command man pages
# for specific command-line options, if any.

Add to the end of that paragraph:

# General main.cf options can be overridden for specific services. To
# override one or more main.cf options, specify them as arguments
# below, preceding each option by "-o". There must be no whitespace
# in the option itself (separate multiple values for an option by commas).

3. In the "access" man page, there is the paragraph:

   The pattern domain.tld also matches subdomains, but only
   when the string smtpd_access_maps is listed in the Postfix
   parent_domain_matches_subdomains configuration setting.
   Otherwise, specify .domain.tld (note the initial dot) in order
   to match subdomains.

Change this to:

   The pattern domain.tld also matches subdomains, but only
   when the string smtpd_access_maps is listed in the Postfix
   parent_domain_matches_subdomains configuration setting
   (note that this is the default for some versions of Postfix).
   Otherwise, specify .domain.tld (note the initial dot) on a
   separate line in order to match subdomains.

These are not biggies, but hopefully they add some clarity.

I assume this is all correct, as it is what I've inferred by trial/error/this list.

-- Dean

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