CLEANUP(8)                  System Manager's Manual                 CLEANUP(8)

NAME
       cleanup - canonicalize and enqueue Postfix message

SYNOPSIS
       cleanup [generic Postfix daemon options]

DESCRIPTION
       The  cleanup(8)  daemon processes inbound mail, inserts it into the in‐
       coming mail queue, and informs the queue manager of its arrival.

       The cleanup(8) daemon always performs the following transformations:

       •      Insert missing  message  headers:  (Resent-)  From:,  To:,  Mes‐
              sage-Id:, and Date:.

       •      Transform   envelope   and  header  addresses  to  the  standard
              user@fully-qualified-domain form that is expected by other Post‐
              fix  programs.  This task is delegated to the trivial-rewrite(8)
              daemon.

       •      Eliminate duplicate envelope recipient addresses.

       •      Remove message headers:  Bcc,  Content-Length,  Resent-Bcc,  Re‐
              turn-Path.

       The following address transformations are optional:

       •      Optionally,  rewrite all envelope and header addresses according
              to the mappings specified in the canonical(5) lookup tables.

       •      Optionally, masquerade envelope  sender  addresses  and  message
              header  addresses  (i.e.  strip host or domain information below
              all domains listed in the masquerade_domains  parameter,  except
              for  user  names  listed in masquerade_exceptions).  By default,
              address masquerading does not affect envelope recipients.

       •      Optionally, expand envelope recipients according to  information
              found in the virtual(5) lookup tables.

       The  cleanup(8)  daemon  performs  sanity checks on the content of each
       message. When it finds a problem, by default it  returns  a  diagnostic
       status  to  the client, and leaves it up to the client to deal with the
       problem. Alternatively, the client can request the cleanup(8) daemon to
       bounce the message back to the sender in case of trouble.

STANDARDS
       RFC 822 (ARPA Internet Text Messages)
       RFC 2045 (MIME: Format of Internet Message Bodies)
       RFC 2046 (MIME: Media Types)
       RFC 2822 (Internet Message Format)
       RFC 3463 (Enhanced Status Codes)
       RFC 3464 (Delivery status notifications)
       RFC 5322 (Internet Message Format)

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

BUGS
       Table-driven  rewriting  rules make it hard to express if then else and
       other logical relationships.

CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
       Changes to main.cf are picked up automatically, as cleanup(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.

COMPATIBILITY CONTROLS
       undisclosed_recipients_header (see 'postconf -d' output)
              Message header that the Postfix cleanup(8) server inserts when a
              message contains no To: or Cc: message header.

       Available in Postfix version 2.1 only:

       enable_errors_to (no)
              Report mail delivery errors to the address  specified  with  the
              non-standard  Errors-To: message header, instead of the envelope
              sender address (this feature is  removed  with  Postfix  version
              2.2,  is  turned off by default with Postfix version 2.1, and is
              always turned on with older Postfix versions).

       Available in Postfix version 2.6 and later:

       always_add_missing_headers (no)
              Always add (Resent-) From:, To:, Date:  or  Message-ID:  headers
              when not present.

       Available in Postfix version 2.9 and later:

       enable_long_queue_ids (no)
              Enable long, non-repeating, queue IDs (queue file names).

       Available in Postfix version 3.0 and later:

       message_drop_headers (bcc, content-length, resent-bcc, return-path)
              Names  of message headers that the cleanup(8) daemon will remove
              after applying header_checks(5) and before invoking  Milter  ap‐
              plications.

BUILT-IN CONTENT FILTERING CONTROLS
       Postfix built-in content filtering is meant to stop a flood of worms or
       viruses. It is not a general content filter.

       body_checks (empty)
              Optional lookup tables for content inspection  as  specified  in
              the body_checks(5) manual page.

       header_checks (empty)
              Optional   lookup  tables  for  content  inspection  of  primary
              non-MIME message headers, as specified in  the  header_checks(5)
              manual page.

       Available in Postfix version 2.0 and later:

       body_checks_size_limit (51200)
              How  much  text in a message body segment (or attachment, if you
              prefer to use that term) is subjected to body_checks inspection.

       mime_header_checks ($header_checks)
              Optional lookup tables for content inspection  of  MIME  related
              message  headers,  as  described  in the header_checks(5) manual
              page.

       nested_header_checks ($header_checks)
              Optional lookup tables for content inspection of  non-MIME  mes‐
              sage   headers   in  attached  messages,  as  described  in  the
              header_checks(5) manual page.

       Available in Postfix version 2.3 and later:

       message_reject_characters (empty)
              The set of characters that Postfix will reject in  message  con‐
              tent.

       message_strip_characters (empty)
              The set of characters that Postfix will remove from message con‐
              tent.

       Available in Postfix version 3.9, 3.8.5, 3.7.10,  3.6.14,  3.5.24,  and
       later:

       cleanup_replace_stray_cr_lf (yes)
              Replace  each  stray  <CR>  or <LF> character in message content
              with a space character, to prevent outbound SMTP smuggling,  and
              to make the evaluation of Postfix-added DKIM or other signatures
              independent from how a remote mail server handles  such  charac‐
              ters.

BEFORE QUEUE MILTER CONTROLS
       As of version 2.3, Postfix supports the Sendmail version 8 Milter (mail
       filter) protocol. When mail is not received via  the  smtpd(8)  server,
       the cleanup(8) server will simulate SMTP events to the extent that this
       is possible. For details see the MILTER_README document.

       non_smtpd_milters (empty)
              A list of Milter (mail filter) applications for  new  mail  that
              does not arrive via the Postfix smtpd(8) server.

       milter_protocol (6)
              The  mail  filter  protocol version and optional protocol exten‐
              sions for communication with  a  Milter  application;  prior  to
              Postfix 2.6 the default protocol is 2.

       milter_default_action (tempfail)
              The  default  action  when a Milter (mail filter) application is
              unavailable or mis-configured.

       milter_macro_daemon_name ($myhostname)
              The {daemon_name} macro value for Milter (mail filter)  applica‐
              tions.

       milter_macro_v ($mail_name $mail_version)
              The {v} macro value for Milter (mail filter) applications.

       milter_connect_timeout (30s)
              The time limit for connecting to a Milter (mail filter) applica‐
              tion, and for negotiating protocol options.

       milter_command_timeout (30s)
              The time limit for sending an SMTP command  to  a  Milter  (mail
              filter) application, and for receiving the response.

       milter_content_timeout (300s)
              The  time  limit  for  sending message content to a Milter (mail
              filter) application, and for receiving the response.

       milter_connect_macros (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The macros that are sent to Milter  (mail  filter)  applications
              after completion of an SMTP connection.

       milter_helo_macros (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The  macros  that  are sent to Milter (mail filter) applications
              after the SMTP HELO or EHLO command.

       milter_mail_macros (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The macros that are sent to Milter  (mail  filter)  applications
              after the SMTP MAIL FROM command.

       milter_rcpt_macros (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The  macros  that  are sent to Milter (mail filter) applications
              after the SMTP RCPT TO command.

       milter_data_macros (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The macros that are sent to version 4  or  higher  Milter  (mail
              filter) applications after the SMTP DATA command.

       milter_unknown_command_macros (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The  macros  that  are  sent to version 3 or higher Milter (mail
              filter) applications after an unknown SMTP command.

       milter_end_of_data_macros (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The macros that are sent to Milter  (mail  filter)  applications
              after the message end-of-data.

       Available in Postfix version 2.5 and later:

       milter_end_of_header_macros (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The  macros  that  are sent to Milter (mail filter) applications
              after the end of the message header.

       Available in Postfix version 2.7 and later:

       milter_header_checks (empty)
              Optional lookup tables for content inspection of message headers
              that are produced by Milter applications.

       Available in Postfix version 3.1 and later:

       milter_macro_defaults (empty)
              Optional  list  of  name=value pairs that specify default values
              for arbitrary macros that Postfix may send  to  Milter  applica‐
              tions.

MIME PROCESSING CONTROLS
       Available in Postfix version 2.0 and later:

       disable_mime_input_processing (no)
              Turn off MIME processing while receiving mail.

       mime_boundary_length_limit (2048)
              The maximal length of MIME multipart boundary strings.

       mime_nesting_limit (100)
              The maximal recursion level that the MIME processor will handle.

       strict_8bitmime (no)
              Enable both strict_7bit_headers and strict_8bitmime_body.

       strict_7bit_headers (no)
              Reject mail with 8-bit text in message headers.

       strict_8bitmime_body (no)
              Reject 8-bit message body text without 8-bit MIME content encod‐
              ing information.

       strict_mime_encoding_domain (no)
              Reject mail with invalid Content-Transfer-Encoding:  information
              for the message/* or multipart/* MIME content types.

       Available in Postfix version 2.5 and later:

       detect_8bit_encoding_header (yes)
              Automatically  detect  8BITMIME  body content by looking at Con‐
              tent-Transfer-Encoding: message headers; historically, this  be‐
              havior was hard-coded to be "always on".

AUTOMATIC BCC RECIPIENT CONTROLS
       Postfix  can automatically add BCC (blind carbon copy) when mail enters
       the mail system:

       always_bcc (empty)
              Optional address that receives a "blind  carbon  copy"  of  each
              message that is received by the Postfix mail system.

       Available in Postfix version 2.1 and later:

       sender_bcc_maps (empty)
              Optional  BCC (blind carbon-copy) address lookup tables, indexed
              by sender address.

       recipient_bcc_maps (empty)
              Optional BCC (blind carbon-copy) address lookup tables,  indexed
              by recipient address.

ADDRESS TRANSFORMATION CONTROLS
       Address  rewriting  is delegated to the trivial-rewrite(8) daemon.  The
       cleanup(8) server implements table driven address mapping.

       empty_address_recipient (MAILER-DAEMON)
              The recipient of mail addressed to the null address.

       canonical_maps (empty)
              Optional address mapping lookup tables for message  headers  and
              envelopes.

       recipient_canonical_maps (empty)
              Optional  address  mapping lookup tables for envelope and header
              recipient addresses.

       sender_canonical_maps (empty)
              Optional address mapping lookup tables for envelope  and  header
              sender addresses.

       masquerade_classes (envelope_sender, header_sender, header_recipient)
              What addresses are subject to address masquerading.

       masquerade_domains (empty)
              Optional  list  of  domains  whose  subdomain  structure will be
              stripped off in email addresses.

       masquerade_exceptions (empty)
              Optional list of user names that are not  subjected  to  address
              masquerading,  even  when  their addresses match $masquerade_do‐
              mains.

       propagate_unmatched_extensions (canonical, virtual)
              What address lookup tables copy an address  extension  from  the
              lookup key to the lookup result.

       Available before Postfix version 2.0:

       virtual_maps (empty)
              Optional  lookup  tables  with a) names of domains for which all
              addresses are aliased to addresses in other local or remote  do‐
              mains,  and  b) addresses that are aliased to addresses in other
              local or remote domains.

       Available in Postfix version 2.0 and later:

       virtual_alias_maps ($virtual_maps)
              Optional lookup tables that alias specific mail addresses or do‐
              mains to other local or remote address.

       Available in Postfix version 2.2 and later:

       canonical_classes  (envelope_sender, envelope_recipient, header_sender,
       header_recipient)
              What addresses are subject to canonical_maps address mapping.

       recipient_canonical_classes (envelope_recipient, header_recipient)
              What addresses are subject to  recipient_canonical_maps  address
              mapping.

       sender_canonical_classes (envelope_sender, header_sender)
              What addresses are subject to sender_canonical_maps address map‐
              ping.

       remote_header_rewrite_domain (empty)
              Don't rewrite message headers from remote clients  at  all  when
              this  parameter is empty; otherwise, rewrite message headers and
              append the specified domain name to incomplete addresses.

RESOURCE AND RATE CONTROLS
       duplicate_filter_limit (1000)
              The maximal number of addresses remembered by the address dupli‐
              cate filter for aliases(5) or virtual(5) alias expansion, or for
              showq(8) queue displays.

       header_size_limit (102400)
              The maximal amount of memory in  bytes  for  storing  a  message
              header.

       hopcount_limit (50)
              The maximal number of Received:  message headers that is allowed
              in the primary message headers.

       in_flow_delay (1s)
              Time to pause before accepting a new message, when  the  message
              arrival rate exceeds the message delivery rate.

       message_size_limit (10240000)
              The  maximal  size in bytes of a message, including envelope in‐
              formation.

       Available in Postfix version 2.0 and later:

       header_address_token_limit (10240)
              The maximal number of address tokens are allowed in  an  address
              message header.

       mime_boundary_length_limit (2048)
              The maximal length of MIME multipart boundary strings.

       mime_nesting_limit (100)
              The maximal recursion level that the MIME processor will handle.

       queue_file_attribute_count_limit (100)
              The maximal number of (name=value) attributes that may be stored
              in a Postfix queue file.

       Available in Postfix version 2.1 and later:

       virtual_alias_expansion_limit (1000)
              The maximal number of addresses  that  virtual  alias  expansion
              produces from each original recipient.

       virtual_alias_recursion_limit (1000)
              The maximal nesting depth of virtual alias expansion.

       Available in Postfix version 3.0 and later:

       virtual_alias_address_length_limit (1000)
              The  maximal  length of an email address after virtual alias ex‐
              pansion.

SMTPUTF8 CONTROLS
       Preliminary SMTPUTF8 support is introduced with Postfix 3.0.

       smtputf8_enable (yes)
              Enable preliminary SMTPUTF8 support for the protocols  described
              in RFC 6531..6533.

       smtputf8_autodetect_classes (sendmail, verify)
              Detect  that  a message requires SMTPUTF8 support for the speci‐
              fied mail origin classes.

       Available in Postfix version 3.2 and later:

       enable_idna2003_compatibility (no)
              Enable  'transitional'  compatibility   between   IDNA2003   and
              IDNA2008,  when  converting UTF-8 domain names to/from the ASCII
              form that is used for DNS lookups.

MISCELLANEOUS CONTROLS
       config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The default location of the Postfix main.cf and  master.cf  con‐
              figuration files.

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

       delay_logging_resolution_limit (2)
              The maximal number of digits after the decimal point  when  log‐
              ging sub-second delay values.

       delay_warning_time (0h)
              The  time  after which the sender receives a copy of the message
              headers of mail that is still queued.

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

       max_idle (100s)
              The  maximum  amount of time that an idle Postfix daemon process
              waits for an incoming connection before terminating voluntarily.

       max_use (100)
              The maximal number of incoming connections that a Postfix daemon
              process will service before terminating voluntarily.

       myhostname (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The internet hostname of this mail system.

       myorigin ($myhostname)
              The  domain  name that locally-posted mail appears to come from,
              and that locally posted mail is delivered to.

       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 directory.

       soft_bounce (no)
              Safety net to keep mail queued that would otherwise be  returned
              to the sender.

       syslog_facility (mail)
              The syslog facility of Postfix logging.

       syslog_name (see 'postconf -d' output)
              A  prefix  that  is  prepended  to  the  process  name in syslog
              records, so that, for example, "smtpd" becomes "prefix/smtpd".

       Available in Postfix version 2.1 and later:

       enable_original_recipient (yes)
              Enable support for the original recipient address after  an  ad‐
              dress  is  rewritten  to  a  different address (for example with
              aliasing or with canonical mapping).

       Available in Postfix 3.3 and later:

       service_name (read-only)
              The master.cf service name of a Postfix daemon process.

FILES
       /etc/postfix/canonical*, canonical mapping table
       /etc/postfix/virtual*, virtual mapping table

SEE ALSO
       trivial-rewrite(8), address rewriting
       qmgr(8), queue manager
       header_checks(5), message header content inspection
       body_checks(5), body parts content inspection
       canonical(5), canonical address lookup table format
       virtual(5), virtual alias lookup table format
       postconf(5), configuration parameters
       master(5), generic daemon options
       master(8), process manager
       postlogd(8), Postfix logging
       syslogd(8), system logging

README FILES
       ADDRESS_REWRITING_README Postfix address manipulation
       CONTENT_INSPECTION_README content inspection

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

       Wietse Venema
       Google, Inc.
       111 8th Avenue
       New York, NY 10011, USA

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