Dovecot versus Postfix

[Jan Sneep]

> If you use the command
> 
> apropos postfix
> 
> I hope you see all the postfix pages -- about 50 of them on my system
> -- not that you need to understand them, but if you don't see them,
> maybe there's a problem with the man pages on your system.

root at ubuntu:/home/jan# apropos postfix
access (5)           - Postfix SMTP server access table
aliases (5)          - Postfix local alias database format
anvil (8postfix)     - Postfix session count and request rate control
body_checks (5)      - Postfix built-in content inspection
bounce (5)           - Postfix bounce message template format
bounce (8postfix)    - Postfix delivery status reports
canonical (5)        - Postfix canonical table format
cidr_table (5)       - format of Postfix CIDR tables
cleanup (8postfix)   - canonicalize and enqueue Postfix message
defer (8postfix)     - Postfix delivery status reports
discard (8postfix)   - Postfix discard mail delivery agent
error (8postfix)     - Postfix error/retry mail delivery agent
flush (8postfix)     - Postfix fast flush server
generic (5)          - Postfix generic table format
header_checks (5)    - Postfix built-in content inspection
ldap_table (5)       - Postfix LDAP client configuration
lmtp (8postfix)      - Postfix SMTP+LMTP client
local (8postfix)     - Postfix local mail delivery
mailq (1)            - Postfix to Sendmail compatibility interface
master (5)           - Postfix master process configuration file format
master (8postfix)    - Postfix master process
mysql_table (5)      - Postfix MySQL client configuration
newaliases (1)       - Postfix to Sendmail compatibility interface
nisplus_table (5)    - Postfix NIS+ client
oqmgr (8postfix)     - old Postfix queue manager
pcre_table (5)       - format of Postfix PCRE tables
pgsql_table (5)      - Postfix PostgreSQL client configuration
pickup (8postfix)    - Postfix local mail pickup
pipe (8postfix)      - Postfix delivery to external command
postalias (1)        - Postfix alias database maintenance
postcat (1)          - show Postfix queue file contents
postconf (1)         - Postfix configuration utility
postconf (5)         - Postfix configuration parameters
postdrop (1)         - Postfix mail posting utility
postfix (1)          - Postfix control program
postkick (1)         - kick a Postfix service
postlog (1)          - Postfix-compatible logging utility
postmap (1)          - Postfix lookup table management
postqueue (1)        - Postfix queue control
postsuper (1)        - Postfix superintendent
proxymap (8postfix)  - Postfix lookup table proxy server
qmgr (8postfix)      - Postfix queue manager
qmqpd (8postfix)     - Postfix QMQP server
qshape (1)           - Print Postfix queue domain and age distribution
regexp_table (5)     - format of Postfix regular expression tables
relocated (5)        - Postfix relocated table format
scache (8postfix)    - Postfix shared connection cache server
sendmail (1)         - Postfix to Sendmail compatibility interface
showq (8postfix)     - list the Postfix mail queue
smtp (8postfix)      - Postfix SMTP+LMTP client
smtpd (8postfix)     - Postfix SMTP server
spawn (8postfix)     - Postfix external command spawner
tcp_table (5)        - Postfix client/server table lookup protocol
tlsmgr (8postfix)    - Postfix TLS session cache and PRNG manager
trace (8postfix)     - Postfix delivery status reports
transport (5)        - Postfix transport table format
trivial-rewrite (8postfix) - Postfix address rewriting and resolving daemon
verify (8postfix)    - Postfix address verification server
virtual (5)          - Postfix virtual alias table format
virtual (8postfix)   - Postfix virtual domain mail delivery agent
root at ubuntu:/home/jan#