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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 mas-
       ter(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  trou-
       ble.

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  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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