Kurt Roeckx:
> But then there can be things like "smtpd pass", and I have no clue
> what that things does.

Quote from master(5):
     The service listens  on  a  UNIX-domain  socket,  and  is
     accessible  to  local  clients only. It receives one open
     connection  (file  descriptor  passing)  per   connection
     request.

> Is smtpd the name of the unix socket that
> postscre[e]n looks up to hand of the request?

Yes. See the quoted text above and below.

Quote from master(5):
     The service name is a pathname relative  to  the  Postfix
     queue    directory    (pathname   controlled   with   the
     queue_directory configuration parameter in main.cf).

Postfix's hidden secrets unleashed.

        Wietse

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