Postfix manual - bounce(8)

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    NAME
           bounce - Postfix delivery status reports

    SYNOPSIS
           bounce [generic Postfix daemon options]

    DESCRIPTION
           The  bounce(8) daemon maintains per-message log files with
           delivery status information. Each log file is named  after
           the  queue  file  that it corresponds to, and is kept in a
           queue subdirectory named after the  service  name  in  the
           master.cf file (either bounce, defer or trace).  This pro-
           gram expects to be run from the master(8) process manager.

           The  bounce(8)  daemon  processes  two  types  of  service
           requests:

           o      Append a recipient (non-)delivery status record  to
                  a per-message log file.

           o      Enqueue a bounce message, with a copy of a per-mes-
                  sage log file and  of  the  corresponding  message.
                  When  the  bounce message is enqueued successfully,
                  the per-message log file is deleted.

           The software does a best notification effort. A non-deliv-
           ery  notification  is  sent  even when the log file or the
           original message cannot be read.

           Optionally, a bounce (defer,  trace)  client  can  request
           that   the  per-message  log  file  be  deleted  when  the
           requested operation fails.  This is used by  clients  that
           cannot  retry  transactions by themselves, and that depend
           on retry logic in their own client.

    STANDARDS
           RFC 822 (ARPA Internet Text Messages)
           RFC 2045 (Format of Internet Message Bodies)
           RFC 2822 (ARPA Internet Text Messages)
           RFC 3462 (Delivery Status Notifications)
           RFC 3464 (Delivery Status Notifications)
           RFC 3834 (Auto-Submitted: message header)

    DIAGNOSTICS
           Problems and transactions are logged to syslogd(8).

    CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
           Changes  to  main.cf  are  picked  up  automatically,   as
           bounce(8) processes run for only a limited amount of time.
           Use the command "postfix reload" to speed up a change.

           The text below provides  only  a  parameter  summary.  See
           postconf(5) for more details including examples.

           2bounce_notice_recipient (postmaster)
                  The  recipient of undeliverable mail that cannot be
                  returned to the sender.

           backwards_bounce_logfile_compatibility (yes)
                  Produce additional bounce(8) logfile  records  that
                  can be read by Postfix versions before 2.0.

           bounce_notice_recipient (postmaster)
                  The  recipient of postmaster notifications with the
                  message  headers  of  mail  that  Postfix  did  not
                  deliver  and  of  SMTP  conversation transcripts of
                  mail that Postfix did not receive.

           bounce_size_limit (50000)
                  The maximal amount of original message text that is
                  sent in a non-delivery notification.

           bounce_template_file (empty)
                  Pathname  of  a configuration file with bounce mes-
                  sage templates.

           config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
                  The default location of  the  Postfix  main.cf  and
                  master.cf configuration files.

           daemon_timeout (18000s)
                  How  much time a Postfix daemon process may take to
                  handle a request  before  it  is  terminated  by  a
                  built-in watchdog timer.

           delay_notice_recipient (postmaster)
                  The  recipient of postmaster notifications with the
                  message headers of mail that  cannot  be  delivered
                  within $delay_warning_time time units.

           deliver_lock_attempts (20)
                  The maximal number of attempts to acquire an exclu-
                  sive lock on a mailbox file or bounce(8) logfile.

           deliver_lock_delay (1s)
                  The time between attempts to acquire  an  exclusive
                  lock on a mailbox file or bounce(8) logfile.

           ipc_timeout (3600s)
                  The time limit for sending or receiving information
                  over an internal communication channel.

           internal_mail_filter_classes (empty)
                  What categories of Postfix-generated mail are  sub-
                  ject   to   before-queue   content   inspection  by
                  non_smtpd_milters, header_checks and body_checks.

           mail_name (Postfix)
                  The mail system name that is displayed in Received:
                  headers,  in  the  SMTP  greeting  banner,  and  in
                  bounced mail.

           max_idle (100s)
                  The maximum amount of time  that  an  idle  Postfix
                  daemon  process  waits for the next service request
                  before exiting.

           max_use (100)
                  The maximal number of connection requests before  a
                  Postfix daemon process terminates.

           notify_classes (resource, software)
                  The  list of error classes that are reported to the
                  postmaster.

           process_id (read-only)
                  The process ID  of  a  Postfix  command  or  daemon
                  process.

           process_name (read-only)
                  The  process  name  of  a Postfix command or daemon
                  process.

           queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
                  The location of the Postfix top-level queue  direc-
                  tory.

           syslog_facility (mail)
                  The syslog facility of Postfix logging.

           syslog_name (postfix)
                  The  mail  system  name  that  is  prepended to the
                  process name in syslog  records,  so  that  "smtpd"
                  becomes, for example, "postfix/smtpd".

    FILES
           /var/spool/postfix/bounce/* non-delivery records
           /var/spool/postfix/defer/* non-delivery records
           /var/spool/postfix/trace/* delivery status records

    SEE ALSO
           bounce(5), bounce message template format
           qmgr(8), queue manager
           postconf(5), configuration parameters
           master(5), generic daemon options
           master(8), process 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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