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VERIFY(8postfix) VERIFY(8postfix)
NAME
verify - Postfix address verification server
SYNOPSIS
verify [generic Postfix daemon options]
DESCRIPTION
The verify(8) address verification server maintains a record of what recipient addresses
are known to be deliverable or undeliverable.
Addresses are verified by injecting probe messages into the Postfix queue. Probe messages
are run through all the routing and rewriting machinery except for final delivery, and are
discarded rather than being deferred or bounced.
Address verification relies on the answer from the nearest MTA for the specified address,
and will therefore not detect all undeliverable addresses.
The verify(8) server is designed to run under control by the Postfix master server. It
maintains an optional persistent database. To avoid being interrupted by "postfix stop"
in the middle of a database update, the process runs in a separate process group.
The verify(8) server implements the following requests:
update address status text
Update the status and text of the specified address.
query address
Look up the status and text for the specified address. If the status is unknown, a
probe is sent and an "in progress" status is returned.
SECURITY
The address verification server is not security-sensitive. It does not talk to the net-
work, and it does not talk to local users. The verify server can run chrooted at fixed
low privilege.
The address verification server can be coerced to store unlimited amounts of garbage. Lim-
iting the cache expiry time trades one problem (disk space exhaustion) for another one
(poor response time to client requests).
With Postfix version 2.5 and later, the verify(8) server no longer uses root privileges
when opening the address_verify_map cache file. The file should now be stored under the
Postfix-owned data_directory. As a migration aid, an attempt to open a cache file under a
non-Postfix directory is redirected to the Postfix-owned data_directory, and a warning is
logged.
DIAGNOSTICS
Problems and transactions are logged to syslogd(8) or postlogd(8).
BUGS
Address verification probe messages add additional traffic to the mail queue. Recipient
verification may cause an increased load on down-stream servers in the case of a dictio-
nary attack or a flood of backscatter bounces. Sender address verification may cause your
site to be denylisted by some providers.
If the persistent database ever gets corrupted then the world comes to an end and human
intervention is needed. This violates a basic Postfix principle.
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
Changes to main.cf are not picked up automatically, as verify(8) processes are long-lived.
Use the command "postfix reload" after a configuration change.
The text below provides only a parameter summary. See postconf(5) for more details includ-
ing examples.
PROBE MESSAGE CONTROLS
address_verify_sender ($double_bounce_sender)
The sender address to use in address verification probes; prior to Postfix 2.5 the
default was "postmaster".
Available with Postfix 2.9 and later:
address_verify_sender_ttl (0s)
The time between changes in the time-dependent portion of address verification
probe sender addresses.
CACHE CONTROLS
address_verify_map (see 'postconf -d' output)
Lookup table for persistent address verification status storage.
address_verify_positive_expire_time (31d)
The time after which a successful probe expires from the address verification
cache.
address_verify_positive_refresh_time (7d)
The time after which a successful address verification probe needs to be refreshed.
address_verify_negative_cache (yes)
Enable caching of failed address verification probe results.
address_verify_negative_expire_time (3d)
The time after which a failed probe expires from the address verification cache.
address_verify_negative_refresh_time (3h)
The time after which a failed address verification probe needs to be refreshed.
Available with Postfix 2.7 and later:
address_verify_cache_cleanup_interval (12h)
The amount of time between verify(8) address verification database cleanup runs.
PROBE MESSAGE ROUTING CONTROLS
By default, probe messages are delivered via the same route as regular messages. The fol-
lowing parameters can be used to override specific message routing mechanisms.
address_verify_relayhost ($relayhost)
Overrides the relayhost parameter setting for address verification probes.
address_verify_transport_maps ($transport_maps)
Overrides the transport_maps parameter setting for address verification probes.
address_verify_local_transport ($local_transport)
Overrides the local_transport parameter setting for address verification probes.
address_verify_virtual_transport ($virtual_transport)
Overrides the virtual_transport parameter setting for address verification probes.
address_verify_relay_transport ($relay_transport)
Overrides the relay_transport parameter setting for address verification probes.
address_verify_default_transport ($default_transport)
Overrides the default_transport parameter setting for address verification probes.
Available in Postfix 2.3 and later:
address_verify_sender_dependent_relayhost_maps ($sender_dependent_relayhost_maps)
Overrides the sender_dependent_relayhost_maps parameter setting for address verifi-
cation probes.
Available in Postfix 2.7 and later:
address_verify_sender_dependent_default_transport_maps ($sender_dependent_default_trans-
port_maps)
Overrides the sender_dependent_default_transport_maps parameter setting for address
verification probes.
SMTPUTF8 CONTROLS
Preliminary SMTPUTF8 support is introduced with Postfix 3.0.
smtputf8_autodetect_classes (sendmail, verify)
Detect that a message requires SMTPUTF8 support for the specified 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 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.
ipc_timeout (3600s)
The time limit for sending or receiving information over an internal communication
channel.
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.
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 ex-
ample, "smtpd" becomes "prefix/smtpd".
Available in Postfix 3.3 and later:
service_name (read-only)
The master.cf service name of a Postfix daemon process.
SEE ALSO
smtpd(8), Postfix SMTP server
cleanup(8), enqueue Postfix message
postconf(5), configuration parameters
postlogd(8), Postfix logging
syslogd(8), system logging
README FILES
Use "postconf readme_directory" or "postconf html_directory" to locate this information.
ADDRESS_VERIFICATION_README, address verification howto
LICENSE
The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
HISTORY
This service was introduced with Postfix version 2.1.
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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