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