Why does postfix main.cf contain configuration like readme_directory, manpage_directory etc? [closed]
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I am setting up yet another mailserver with postfix.
So while configuring I see these configurations in main.cf. Can someone tell me why these are in the main.cf? I mean, why would a daemon config have these settings in it? Where is it used?
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/samples
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/README_FILES
I looked it up and this is in the manpage.
readme_directory (default: see "postconf -d" output) The location of
Postfix README files that describe how to build, configure or operate
a specific Postfix subsystem or feature.
linux postfix mail-transport-agent
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closed as primarily opinion-based by Stephen Harris, G-Man, RalfFriedl, Jeff Schaller, Christopher Dec 4 at 16:45
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I am setting up yet another mailserver with postfix.
So while configuring I see these configurations in main.cf. Can someone tell me why these are in the main.cf? I mean, why would a daemon config have these settings in it? Where is it used?
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/samples
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/README_FILES
I looked it up and this is in the manpage.
readme_directory (default: see "postconf -d" output) The location of
Postfix README files that describe how to build, configure or operate
a specific Postfix subsystem or feature.
linux postfix mail-transport-agent
asked Dec 4 at 0:36
laapsaap
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closed as primarily opinion-based by Stephen Harris, G-Man, RalfFriedl, Jeff Schaller, Christopher Dec 4 at 16:45
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
Which part is this opinion based? I would like to know why this is in the Postfix config? I am not expecting when clients connected to smtp and they are doing something wrong, that the manpages will popup in the session..
– laapsaap
Dec 4 at 20:21
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If I'm interpreting you correctly, you don't see a use for those parameters, and are wondering why the programmer put them there. That's tantamount to asking us to interpret their reasoning or make something up ourselves. I think your edit gets the question closer to being answerable, along the lines of "what purpose do these configuration parameters serve in the functioning of postfix?"
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 4 at 21:05
Anyways you seem to understand what I am trying to ask, but somehow you are totally unhelpful. I guess this is not a place for me. Anyways I dived into the postfix src and found out why, but because I cannot answer this question except this comment. I will just say it belongs to legacy code.
– laapsaap
1 hour ago
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I am setting up yet another mailserver with postfix.
So while configuring I see these configurations in main.cf. Can someone tell me why these are in the main.cf? I mean, why would a daemon config have these settings in it? Where is it used?
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/samples
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/README_FILES
I looked it up and this is in the manpage.
readme_directory (default: see "postconf -d" output) The location of
Postfix README files that describe how to build, configure or operate
a specific Postfix subsystem or feature.
linux postfix mail-transport-agent
asked Dec 4 at 0:36
laapsaap
264
I am setting up yet another mailserver with postfix.
So while configuring I see these configurations in main.cf. Can someone tell me why these are in the main.cf? I mean, why would a daemon config have these settings in it? Where is it used?
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/samples
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/README_FILES
I looked it up and this is in the manpage.
readme_directory (default: see "postconf -d" output) The location of
Postfix README files that describe how to build, configure or operate
a specific Postfix subsystem or feature.
linux postfix mail-transport-agent
linux postfix mail-transport-agent
asked Dec 4 at 0:36
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asked Dec 4 at 0:36
laapsaap
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edited Dec 4 at 20:20
asked Dec 4 at 0:36
laapsaap
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asked Dec 4 at 0:36
laapsaap
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asked Dec 4 at 0:36
laapsaap
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closed as primarily opinion-based by Stephen Harris, G-Man, RalfFriedl, Jeff Schaller, Christopher Dec 4 at 16:45
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as primarily opinion-based by Stephen Harris, G-Man, RalfFriedl, Jeff Schaller, Christopher Dec 4 at 16:45
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
Which part is this opinion based? I would like to know why this is in the Postfix config? I am not expecting when clients connected to smtp and they are doing something wrong, that the manpages will popup in the session..
– laapsaap
Dec 4 at 20:21
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If I'm interpreting you correctly, you don't see a use for those parameters, and are wondering why the programmer put them there. That's tantamount to asking us to interpret their reasoning or make something up ourselves. I think your edit gets the question closer to being answerable, along the lines of "what purpose do these configuration parameters serve in the functioning of postfix?"
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 4 at 21:05
Anyways you seem to understand what I am trying to ask, but somehow you are totally unhelpful. I guess this is not a place for me. Anyways I dived into the postfix src and found out why, but because I cannot answer this question except this comment. I will just say it belongs to legacy code.
– laapsaap
1 hour ago
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Which part is this opinion based? I would like to know why this is in the Postfix config? I am not expecting when clients connected to smtp and they are doing something wrong, that the manpages will popup in the session..
– laapsaap
Dec 4 at 20:21
1
If I'm interpreting you correctly, you don't see a use for those parameters, and are wondering why the programmer put them there. That's tantamount to asking us to interpret their reasoning or make something up ourselves. I think your edit gets the question closer to being answerable, along the lines of "what purpose do these configuration parameters serve in the functioning of postfix?"
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 4 at 21:05
Anyways you seem to understand what I am trying to ask, but somehow you are totally unhelpful. I guess this is not a place for me. Anyways I dived into the postfix src and found out why, but because I cannot answer this question except this comment. I will just say it belongs to legacy code.
– laapsaap
1 hour ago
Which part is this opinion based? I would like to know why this is in the Postfix config? I am not expecting when clients connected to smtp and they are doing something wrong, that the manpages will popup in the session..
– laapsaap
Dec 4 at 20:21
Which part is this opinion based? I would like to know why this is in the Postfix config? I am not expecting when clients connected to smtp and they are doing something wrong, that the manpages will popup in the session..
– laapsaap
Dec 4 at 20:21
1
1
If I'm interpreting you correctly, you don't see a use for those parameters, and are wondering why the programmer put them there. That's tantamount to asking us to interpret their reasoning or make something up ourselves. I think your edit gets the question closer to being answerable, along the lines of "what purpose do these configuration parameters serve in the functioning of postfix?"
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 4 at 21:05
If I'm interpreting you correctly, you don't see a use for those parameters, and are wondering why the programmer put them there. That's tantamount to asking us to interpret their reasoning or make something up ourselves. I think your edit gets the question closer to being answerable, along the lines of "what purpose do these configuration parameters serve in the functioning of postfix?"
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 4 at 21:05
Anyways you seem to understand what I am trying to ask, but somehow you are totally unhelpful. I guess this is not a place for me. Anyways I dived into the postfix src and found out why, but because I cannot answer this question except this comment. I will just say it belongs to legacy code.
– laapsaap
1 hour ago
Anyways you seem to understand what I am trying to ask, but somehow you are totally unhelpful. I guess this is not a place for me. Anyways I dived into the postfix src and found out why, but because I cannot answer this question except this comment. I will just say it belongs to legacy code.
– laapsaap
1 hour ago
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Which part is this opinion based? I would like to know why this is in the Postfix config? I am not expecting when clients connected to smtp and they are doing something wrong, that the manpages will popup in the session..
– laapsaap
Dec 4 at 20:21
1
If I'm interpreting you correctly, you don't see a use for those parameters, and are wondering why the programmer put them there. That's tantamount to asking us to interpret their reasoning or make something up ourselves. I think your edit gets the question closer to being answerable, along the lines of "what purpose do these configuration parameters serve in the functioning of postfix?"
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 4 at 21:05
Anyways you seem to understand what I am trying to ask, but somehow you are totally unhelpful. I guess this is not a place for me. Anyways I dived into the postfix src and found out why, but because I cannot answer this question except this comment. I will just say it belongs to legacy code.
– laapsaap
1 hour ago