{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "local",
    "section": "8postfix",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/local/8postfix/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-04T13:18:13Z",
    "synopsis": "local [generic Postfix daemon options]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "local - Postfix local mail delivery\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "local [generic Postfix daemon options]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The  local(8)  daemon  processes  delivery requests from the Postfix queue manager to deliver\nmail to local recipients.  Each delivery request specifies a queue file, a sender address,  a\ndomain  or  host  to  deliver to, and one or more recipients.  This program expects to be run\nfrom the master(8) process manager.\n\nThe local(8) daemon updates queue files and marks recipients as finished, or it  informs  the\nqueue  manager  that  delivery should be tried again at a later time. Delivery status reports\nare sent to the bounce(8), defer(8) or trace(8) daemon as appropriate.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "CASE FOLDING": {
            "content": "All delivery decisions are made using the bare recipient name (i.e. the  address  localpart),\nfolded to lower case.  See also under ADDRESS EXTENSION below for a few exceptions.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYSTEM-WIDE AND USER-LEVEL ALIASING": {
            "content": "The  system  administrator can set up one or more system-wide sendmail-style alias databases.\nUsers can have sendmail-style ~/.forward files.  Mail for name  is  delivered  to  the  alias\nname, to destinations in ~name/.forward, to the mailbox owned by the user name, or it is sent\nback as undeliverable.\n\nThe  system  administrator  can specify a comma/space separated list of ~/.forward like files\nthrough the forwardpath configuration parameter. Upon delivery,  the  local  delivery  agent\ntries each pathname in the list until a file is found.\n\nDelivery via ~/.forward files is done with the privileges of the recipient.  Thus, ~/.forward\nlike  files must be readable by the recipient, and their parent directory needs to have \"exe‐\ncute\" permission for the recipient.\n\nThe forwardpath parameter is subject to interpolation of $user (recipient  username),  $home\n(recipient  home  directory),  $shell  (recipient  shell), $recipient (complete recipient ad‐\ndress), $extension (recipient address extension), $domain (recipient domain), $local  (entire\nrecipient   address   localpart)   and  $recipientdelimiter.  The  forms  ${name?value}  and\n${name?{value}} (Postfix 3.0 and later) expand conditionally to value when $name is  defined,\nand  the  forms ${name:value} ${name:{value}} (Postfix 3.0 and later) expand conditionally to\nvalue when $name is not defined.  The form ${name?{value1}:{value2}} (Postfix 3.0 and  later)\nexpands  conditionally  to value1 when $name is defined, or value2 otherwise. Characters that\nmay have special meaning to the shell or file system are replaced with underscores. The  list\nof acceptable characters is specified with the forwardexpansionfilter configuration parame‐\nter.\n\nAn  alias  or ~/.forward file may list any combination of external commands, destination file\nnames, :include: directives, or mail addresses.  See aliases(5) for  a  precise  description.\nEach line in a user's .forward file has the same syntax as the right-hand part of an alias.\n\nWhen  an  address  is found in its own alias expansion, delivery is made to the user instead.\nWhen a user is listed in the user's own ~/.forward file, delivery is made to the user's mail‐\nbox instead.  An empty ~/.forward file means do not forward mail.\n\nIn order to prevent the mail system from using  up  unreasonable  amounts  of  memory,  input\nrecords  read  from  :include:  or  from ~/.forward files are broken up into chunks of length\nlinelengthlimit.\n\nWhile expanding aliases, ~/.forward files, and so on, the program attempts to avoid duplicate\ndeliveries. The duplicatefilterlimit configuration parameter limits the  number  of  remem‐\nbered recipients.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "MAIL FORWARDING": {
            "content": "For  the  sake  of reliability, forwarded mail is re-submitted as a new message, so that each\nrecipient has a separate on-file delivery status record.\n\nIn order to stop mail forwarding loops early, the software  adds  an  optional  Delivered-To:\nheader with the final envelope recipient address. If mail arrives for a recipient that is al‐\nready listed in a Delivered-To: header, the message is bounced.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "MAILBOX DELIVERY": {
            "content": "The  default  per-user  mailbox is a file in the UNIX mail spool directory (/var/mail/user or\n/var/spool/mail/user); the location can be specified with the mailspooldirectory configura‐\ntion parameter. Specify a name ending in / for qmail-compatible maildir delivery.\n\nAlternatively, the per-user mailbox can be a file in the user's home directory  with  a  name\nspecified via the homemailbox configuration parameter. Specify a relative path name. Specify\na name ending in / for qmail-compatible maildir delivery.\n\nMailbox  delivery  can  be  delegated  to an external command specified with the mailboxcom‐\nmandmaps and mailboxcommand configuration parameters. The command executes with the  privi‐\nleges  of the recipient user (exceptions: secondary groups are not enabled; in case of deliv‐\nery as root, the command executes with the privileges of defaultprivs).\n\nMailbox delivery can be delegated to alternative message transports  specified  in  the  mas‐\nter.cf file.  The mailboxtransportmaps and mailboxtransport configuration parameters spec‐\nify  an optional message transport that is to be used for all local recipients, regardless of\nwhether they are found in the UNIX passwd database.  The  fallbacktransportmaps  and  fall‐\nbacktransport  parameters  specify an optional message transport for recipients that are not\nfound in the aliases(5) or UNIX passwd database.\n\nIn the case of UNIX-style mailbox delivery, the  local(8)  daemon  prepends  a  \"From  sender\ntimestamp\"  envelope  header to each message, prepends an X-Original-To: header with the re‐\ncipient address as given to Postfix, prepends an optional Delivered-To: header with the final\nenvelope recipient address, prepends a Return-Path: header with the envelope sender  address,\nprepends a > character to lines beginning with \"From \", and appends an empty line.  The mail‐\nbox is locked for exclusive access while delivery is in progress. In case of problems, an at‐\ntempt is made to truncate the mailbox to its original length.\n\nIn  the  case of maildir delivery, the local daemon prepends an optional Delivered-To: header\nwith the final envelope recipient address, prepends an X-Original-To: header with the recipi‐\nent address as given to Postfix, and prepends a Return-Path: header with the envelope  sender\naddress.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "EXTERNAL COMMAND DELIVERY": {
            "content": "The  allowmailtocommands  configuration parameter restricts delivery to external commands.\nThe default setting (alias, forward) forbids command destinations in :include: files.\n\nOptionally, the process working directory is changed to the path specified with  commandexe‐\ncutiondirectory  (Postfix  2.2 and later). Failure to change directory causes mail to be de‐\nferred.\n\nThe commandexecutiondirectory parameter value is subject to interpolation of $user (recipi‐\nent username), $home (recipient home directory), $shell (recipient shell),  $recipient  (com‐\nplete  recipient  address),  $extension (recipient address extension), $domain (recipient do‐\nmain), $local (entire recipient  address  localpart)  and  $recipientdelimiter.   The  forms\n${name?value}  and ${name?{value}} (Postfix 3.0 and later) expand conditionally to value when\n$name is defined, and the forms ${name:value} and ${name:{value}} (Postfix 3.0 and later) ex‐\npand conditionally to value when $name is not defined.   The  form  ${name?{value1}:{value2}}\n(Postfix 3.0 and later) expands conditionally to value1 when $name is defined, or value2 oth‐\nerwise.  Characters  that  may  have special meaning to the shell or file system are replaced\nwith underscores. The list of acceptable characters is specified  with  the  executiondirec‐\ntoryexpansionfilter configuration parameter.\n\nThe  command  is  executed  directly where possible. Assistance by the shell (/bin/sh on UNIX\nsystems) is used only when the command contains shell magic characters, or when  the  command\ninvokes a shell built-in command.\n\nA  limited  amount of command output (standard output and standard error) is captured for in‐\nclusion with non-delivery status reports.  A command is forcibly terminated if  it  does  not\ncomplete within commandtimelimit seconds.  Command exit status codes are expected to follow\nthe conventions defined in <sysexits.h>.  Exit status 0 means normal successful completion.\n\nPostfix  version  2.3  and  later support RFC 3463-style enhanced status codes.  If a command\nterminates with a non-zero exit status, and the command output begins with an enhanced status\ncode, this status code takes precedence over the non-zero exit status.\n\nA limited amount of message context is exported via environment  variables.  Characters  that\nmay  have special meaning to the shell are replaced with underscores.  The list of acceptable\ncharacters is specified with the commandexpansionfilter configuration parameter.\n\nSHELL  The recipient user's login shell.\n\nHOME   The recipient user's home directory.\n\nUSER   The bare recipient name.\n\nEXTENSION\nThe optional recipient address extension.\n\nDOMAIN The recipient address domain part.\n\nLOGNAME\nThe bare recipient name.\n\nLOCAL  The entire recipient address localpart (text to the left of the  rightmost  @  charac‐\nter).\n\nORIGINALRECIPIENT\nThe  entire  recipient  address, before any address rewriting or aliasing (Postfix 2.5\nand later).\n\nRECIPIENT\nThe entire recipient address.\n\nSENDER The entire sender address.\n\nAdditional remote client information is made available via the  following  environment  vari‐\nables:\n\nCLIENTADDRESS\nRemote client network address. Available as of Postfix 2.2.\n\nCLIENTHELO\nRemote client EHLO command parameter. Available as of Postfix 2.2.\n\nCLIENTHOSTNAME\nRemote client hostname. Available as of Postfix 2.2.\n\nCLIENTPROTOCOL\nRemote client protocol. Available as of Postfix 2.2.\n\nSASLMETHOD\nSASL  authentication  method specified in the remote client AUTH command. Available as\nof Postfix 2.2.\n\nSASLSENDER\nSASL sender address specified in the remote client MAIL FROM command. Available as  of\nPostfix 2.2.\n\nSASLUSERNAME\nSASL  username  specified  in the remote client AUTH command.  Available as of Postfix\n2.2.\n\nThe PATH environment variable is always reset to a system-dependent default path,  and  envi‐\nronment  variables  whose names are blessed by the exportenvironment configuration parameter\nare exported unchanged.\n\nThe current working directory is the mail queue directory.\n\nThe local(8) daemon prepends a \"From sender timestamp\"  envelope  header  to  each  message,\nprepends an X-Original-To: header with the recipient address as given to Postfix, prepends an\noptional  Delivered-To:  header  with  the  final  recipient envelope address, prepends a Re‐\nturn-Path: header with the sender envelope address, and appends no empty line.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "EXTERNAL FILE DELIVERY": {
            "content": "The delivery format depends on the destination  filename  syntax.   The  default  is  to  use\nUNIX-style mailbox format.  Specify a name ending in / for qmail-compatible maildir delivery.\n\nThe allowmailtofiles configuration parameter restricts delivery to external files. The de‐\nfault setting (alias, forward) forbids file destinations in :include: files.\n\nIn  the  case  of  UNIX-style  mailbox  delivery, the local(8) daemon prepends a \"From sender\ntimestamp\" envelope header to each message, prepends an X-Original-To: header with  the  re‐\ncipient address as given to Postfix, prepends an optional Delivered-To: header with the final\nrecipient  envelope  address, prepends a > character to lines beginning with \"From \", and ap‐\npends an empty line.  The envelope sender address is available in  the  Return-Path:  header.\nWhen  the  destination is a regular file, it is locked for exclusive access while delivery is\nin progress. In case of problems, an attempt is made to truncate a regular file to its origi‐\nnal length.\n\nIn the case of maildir delivery, the local daemon prepends an optional  Delivered-To:  header\nwith the final envelope recipient address, and prepends an X-Original-To: header with the re‐\ncipient  address  as  given  to Postfix.  The envelope sender address is available in the Re‐\nturn-Path: header.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "ADDRESS EXTENSION": {
            "content": "The optional recipientdelimiter configuration parameter specifies how  to  separate  address\nextensions from local recipient names.\n\nFor  example,  with  \"recipientdelimiter  =  +\", mail for name+foo is delivered to the alias\nname+foo or to the alias name,  to  the  destinations  listed  in  ~name/.forward+foo  or  in\n~name/.forward, to the mailbox owned by the user name, or it is sent back as undeliverable.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DELIVERY RIGHTS": {
            "content": "Deliveries  to external files and external commands are made with the rights of the receiving\nuser on whose behalf the delivery is made.  In the absence of a user  context,  the  local(8)\ndaemon  uses  the owner rights of the :include: file or alias database.  When those files are\nowned by the superuser, delivery is made with the rights  specified  with  the  defaultprivs\nconfiguration parameter.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "STANDARDS": {
            "content": "RFC 822 (ARPA Internet Text Messages)\nRFC 3463 (Enhanced status codes)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DIAGNOSTICS": {
            "content": "Problems  and  transactions are logged to syslogd(8) or postlogd(8).  Corrupted message files\nare marked so that the queue manager can move them to the corrupt queue afterwards.\n\nDepending on the setting of the notifyclasses  parameter,  the  postmaster  is  notified  of\nbounces and of other trouble.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SECURITY": {
            "content": "The  local(8)  delivery agent needs a dual personality 1) to access the private Postfix queue\nand IPC mechanisms, 2) to impersonate the recipient and deliver to recipient-specified  files\nor commands. It is therefore security sensitive.\n\nThe  local(8)  delivery  agent  disallows  regular  expression  substitution  of  $1  etc. in\naliasmaps, because that would open a security hole.\n\nThe local(8) delivery agent will silently ignore  requests  to  use  the  proxymap(8)  server\nwithin  aliasmaps. Instead it will open the table directly.  Before Postfix version 2.2, the\nlocal(8) delivery agent will terminate with a fatal error.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "BUGS": {
            "content": "For security reasons, the message delivery status of external commands or of  external  files\nis  never  checkpointed  to file. As a result, the program may occasionally deliver more than\nonce to a command or external file. Better safe than sorry.\n\nMutually-recursive aliases or ~/.forward files are not detected early.   The  resulting  mail\nforwarding loop is broken by the use of the Delivered-To: message header.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS": {
            "content": "Changes  to main.cf are picked up automatically, as local(8) processes run for only a limited\namount of time. Use the command \"postfix reload\" to speed up a change.\n\nThe text below provides only a parameter summary. See postconf(5) for more details  including\nexamples.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COMPATIBILITY CONTROLS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "biff (yes)",
                    "content": "Whether or not to use the local biff service.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "expand_owner_alias (no)",
                    "content": "When delivering to an alias \"aliasname\" that has an \"owner-aliasname\" companion alias,\nset the envelope sender address to the expansion of the \"owner-aliasname\" alias.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "owner_request_special (yes)",
                    "content": "Enable  special treatment for owner-listname entries in the aliases(5) file, and don't\nsplit owner-listname and listname-request address localparts when the recipientdelim‐\niter is set to \"-\".\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "sun_mailtool_compatibility (no)",
                    "content": "Obsolete SUN mailtool compatibility feature.\n\nAvailable in Postfix version 2.3 and later:\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "frozen_delivered_to (yes)",
                    "content": "Update  the  local(8)  delivery  agent's  idea  of  the  Delivered-To:  address   (see\nprependdeliveredheader) only once, at the start of a delivery attempt; do not update\nthe Delivered-To: address while expanding aliases or .forward files.\n\nAvailable in Postfix version 2.5.3 and later:\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "strict_mailbox_ownership (yes)",
                    "content": "Defer delivery when a mailbox file is not owned by its recipient.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "reset_owner_alias (no)",
                    "content": "Reset the local(8) delivery agent's idea of the owner-alias attribute, when delivering\nmail to a child alias that does not have its own owner alias.\n\nAvailable in Postfix version 3.0 and later:\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "local_delivery_status_filter ($default_delivery_status_filter)",
                    "content": "Optional  filter for the local(8) delivery agent to change the status code or explana‐\ntory text of successful or unsuccessful deliveries.\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "DELIVERY METHOD CONTROLS": {
            "content": "The precedence of local(8) delivery methods from high to low  is:  aliases,  .forward  files,\nmailboxtransportmaps,  mailboxtransport, mailboxcommandmaps, mailboxcommand, homemail‐\nbox, mailspooldirectory, fallbacktransportmaps, fallbacktransport, and luserrelay.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "alias_maps (see 'postconf -d' output)",
                    "content": "The alias databases that are used for local(8) delivery.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "forward_path (see 'postconf -d' output)",
                    "content": "The local(8) delivery agent search list for finding a .forward file  with  user-speci‐\nfied delivery methods.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "mailbox_transport_maps (empty)",
                    "content": "Optional  lookup  tables with per-recipient message delivery transports to use for lo‐\ncal(8) mailbox delivery, whether or not the recipients are found in  the  UNIX  passwd\ndatabase.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "mailbox_transport (empty)",
                    "content": "Optional  message  delivery  transport that the local(8) delivery agent should use for\nmailbox delivery to all local recipients, whether or not they are found  in  the  UNIX\npasswd database.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "mailbox_command_maps (empty)",
                    "content": "Optional  lookup tables with per-recipient external commands to use for local(8) mail‐\nbox delivery.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "mailbox_command (empty)",
                    "content": "Optional external command that the local(8) delivery agent should use for mailbox  de‐\nlivery.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "home_mailbox (empty)",
                    "content": "Optional pathname of a mailbox file relative to a local(8) user's home directory.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "mail_spool_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)",
                    "content": "The directory where local(8) UNIX-style mailboxes are kept.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "fallback_transport_maps (empty)",
                    "content": "Optional  lookup  tables with per-recipient message delivery transports for recipients\nthat the local(8) delivery agent could not find in the  aliases(5)  or  UNIX  password\ndatabase.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "fallback_transport (empty)",
                    "content": "Optional  message  delivery  transport that the local(8) delivery agent should use for\nnames that are not found in the aliases(5) or UNIX password database.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "luser_relay (empty)",
                    "content": "Optional catch-all destination for unknown local(8) recipients.\n\nAvailable in Postfix version 2.2 and later:\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "command_execution_directory (empty)",
                    "content": "The local(8) delivery agent working directory for delivery to external commands.\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "MAILBOX LOCKING CONTROLS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "deliver_lock_attempts (20)",
                    "content": "The maximal number of attempts to acquire an exclusive  lock  on  a  mailbox  file  or\nbounce(8) logfile.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "deliver_lock_delay (1s)",
                    "content": "The  time between attempts to acquire an exclusive lock on a mailbox file or bounce(8)\nlogfile.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "stale_lock_time (500s)",
                    "content": "The time after which a stale exclusive mailbox lockfile is removed.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "mailbox_delivery_lock (see 'postconf -d' output)",
                    "content": "How to lock a UNIX-style local(8) mailbox before attempting delivery.\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "RESOURCE AND RATE CONTROLS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "command_time_limit (1000s)",
                    "content": "Time limit for delivery to external commands.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "duplicate_filter_limit (1000)",
                    "content": "The maximal number of  addresses  remembered  by  the  address  duplicate  filter  for\naliases(5) or virtual(5) alias expansion, or for showq(8) queue displays.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "mailbox_size_limit (51200000)",
                    "content": "The  maximal  size  of  any  local(8)  individual mailbox or maildir file, or zero (no\nlimit).\n\nImplemented in the qmgr(8) daemon:\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "local_destination_concurrency_limit (2)",
                    "content": "The maximal number of parallel deliveries via the local mail delivery transport to the\nsame recipient (when \"localdestinationrecipientlimit = 1\") or the maximal number of\nparallel deliveries to the same local domain (when  \"localdestinationrecipientlimit\n> 1\").\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "local_destination_recipient_limit (1)",
                    "content": "The  maximal  number  of  recipients  per message delivery via the local mail delivery\ntransport.\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SECURITY CONTROLS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "allow_mail_to_commands (alias, forward)",
                    "content": "Restrict local(8) mail delivery to external commands.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "allow_mail_to_files (alias, forward)",
                    "content": "Restrict local(8) mail delivery to external files.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "command_expansion_filter (see 'postconf -d' output)",
                    "content": "Restrict the characters that the local(8) delivery agent allows in $name expansions of\n$mailboxcommand and $commandexecutiondirectory.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "default_privs (nobody)",
                    "content": "The default rights used by the local(8) delivery agent for  delivery  to  an  external\nfile or command.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "forward_expansion_filter (see 'postconf -d' output)",
                    "content": "Restrict the characters that the local(8) delivery agent allows in $name expansions of\n$forwardpath.\n\nAvailable in Postfix version 2.2 and later:\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "execution_directory_expansion_filter (see 'postconf -d' output)",
                    "content": "Restrict the characters that the local(8) delivery agent allows in $name expansions of\n$commandexecutiondirectory.\n\nAvailable in Postfix version 2.5.3 and later:\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "strict_mailbox_ownership (yes)",
                    "content": "Defer delivery when a mailbox file is not owned by its recipient.\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "MISCELLANEOUS CONTROLS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)",
                    "content": "The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf configuration files.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "daemon_timeout (18000s)",
                    "content": "How  much time a Postfix daemon process may take to handle a request before it is ter‐\nminated by a built-in watchdog timer.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "delay_logging_resolution_limit (2)",
                    "content": "The maximal number of digits after the decimal point  when  logging  sub-second  delay\nvalues.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "export_environment (see 'postconf -d' output)",
                    "content": "The  list  of  environment variables that a Postfix process will export to non-Postfix\nprocesses.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "ipc_timeout (3600s)",
                    "content": "The time limit for sending or receiving information  over  an  internal  communication\nchannel.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "local_command_shell (empty)",
                    "content": "Optional shell program for local(8) delivery to non-Postfix commands.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "max_idle (100s)",
                    "content": "The  maximum  amount of time that an idle Postfix daemon process waits for an incoming\nconnection before terminating voluntarily.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "max_use (100)",
                    "content": "The maximal number of incoming connections that a Postfix daemon process will  service\nbefore terminating voluntarily.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "prepend_delivered_header (command, file, forward)",
                    "content": "The message delivery contexts where the Postfix local(8) delivery agent prepends a De‐\nlivered-To:  message header with the address that the mail was delivered to.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "process_id (read-only)",
                    "content": "The process ID of a Postfix command or daemon process.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "process_name (read-only)",
                    "content": "The process name of a Postfix command or daemon process.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "propagate_unmatched_extensions (canonical, virtual)",
                    "content": "What address lookup tables copy an address extension from the lookup key to the lookup\nresult.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)",
                    "content": "The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "recipient_delimiter (empty)",
                    "content": "The  set  of  characters that can separate an email address localpart, user name, or a\n.forward file name from its extension.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "require_home_directory (no)",
                    "content": "Require that a local(8) recipient's home directory exists before mail delivery is  at‐\ntempted.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "syslog_facility (mail)",
                    "content": "The syslog facility of Postfix logging.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "syslog_name (see 'postconf -d' output)",
                    "content": "A  prefix  that is prepended to the process name in syslog records, so that, for exam‐\nple, \"smtpd\" becomes \"prefix/smtpd\".\n\nAvailable in Postfix version 3.3 and later:\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "enable_original_recipient (yes)",
                    "content": "Enable support for the original recipient address after an address is rewritten  to  a\ndifferent address (for example with aliasing or with canonical mapping).\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "service_name (read-only)",
                    "content": "The master.cf service name of a Postfix daemon process.\n\nAvailable in Postfix 3.5 and later:\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "info_log_address_format (external)",
                    "content": "The email address form that will be used in non-debug logging (info, warning, etc.).\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "The following are examples; details differ between systems.\n$HOME/.forward, per-user aliasing\n/etc/aliases, system-wide alias database\n/var/spool/mail, system mailboxes\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "qmgr(8), queue manager\nbounce(8), delivery status reports\nnewaliases(1), create/update alias database\npostalias(1), create/update alias database\naliases(5), format of alias database\npostconf(5), configuration parameters\nmaster(5), generic daemon options\npostlogd(8), Postfix logging\nsyslogd(8), system logging\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "LICENSE": {
            "content": "The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "HISTORY": {
            "content": "The Delivered-To: message header appears in the qmail system by Daniel Bernstein.\n\nThe maildir structure appears in the qmail system by Daniel Bernstein.\n\nAUTHOR(S)\nWietse Venema\nIBM T.J. Watson Research\nP.O. Box 704\nYorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA\n\nWietse Venema\nGoogle, Inc.\n111 8th Avenue\nNew York, NY 10011, USA\n\nLOCAL(8postfix)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "local - Postfix local mail delivery",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "qmgr",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/qmgr/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "bounce",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/bounce/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "newaliases",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/newaliases/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "postalias",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/postalias/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "aliases",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/aliases/5/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "postconf",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/postconf/5/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "master",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/master/5/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "postlogd",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/postlogd/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "syslogd",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/syslogd/8/json"
        }
    ]
}