5 <title>Postfix Mail System Overview
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13 Mail System Overview
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17 <p> <strong> Note: this web page is no longer maintained. It exists
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26 <h2>Table of contents
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30 <li><a href=
"motivation.html">Introduction
</a>. How the Postfix
31 mail system came into being, and what it attempts to achieve.
35 <li><a href=
"goals.html">Goals and features
</a>. A summary of the
36 specific problems that Postfix tries to solve.
40 <li><a href=
"architecture.html">Global architecture
</a>. The global
41 architecture of the Postfix mail system.
45 <li><a href=
"queuing.html">Queue management
</a>. The Postfix queue
46 organization, and the strategies that it uses for delivery.
50 <li><a href=
"security.html">Security
</a>. Postfix was designed to
51 just receive and deliver mail, without opening holes for intruders.
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