#++
# NAME
#	canonical 5
# SUMMARY
#	format of Postfix canonical table
# SYNOPSIS
#	\fBpostmap /etc/postfix/canonical\fR
#
#	\fBpostmap -q "\fIstring\fB" /etc/postfix/canonical\fR
#
#	\fBpostmap -q - /etc/postfix/canonical <\fIinputfile\fR
# DESCRIPTION
#	The optional \fBcanonical\fR table specifies an address mapping for
#	local and non-local addresses. The mapping is used by the
#	\fBcleanup\fR(8) daemon.  The address mapping is recursive.
#
#	Normally, the \fBcanonical\fR table is specified as a text file
#	that serves as input to the \fBpostmap\fR(1) command.
#	The result, an indexed file in \fBdbm\fR or \fBdb\fR format,
#	is used for fast searching by the mail system. Execute the command
#	\fBpostmap /etc/postfix/canonical\fR in order to rebuild the indexed
#	file after changing the text file.
#
#	When the table is provided via other means such as NIS, LDAP
#	or SQL, the same lookups are done as for ordinary indexed files.
#
#	Alternatively, the table can be provided as a regular-expression
#	map where patterns are given as regular expressions. In that case,
#	the lookups are done in a slightly different way as described below.
#
#	The \fBcanonical\fR mapping affects both message header addresses
#	(i.e. addresses that appear inside messages) and message envelope
#	addresses (for example, the addresses that are used in SMTP protocol
#	commands). Think Sendmail rule set \fBS3\fR, if you like.
#
#	Typically, one would use the \fBcanonical\fR table to replace login
#	names by \fIFirstname.Lastname\fR, or to clean up addresses produced
#	by legacy mail systems.
#
#	The \fBcanonical\fR mapping is not to be confused with \fIvirtual
#	domain\fR support. Use the \fBvirtual\fR(5) map for that purpose.
#
#	The \fBcanonical\fR mapping is not to be confused with local aliasing.
#	Use the \fBaliases\fR(5) map for that purpose.
# TABLE FORMAT
# .ad
# .fi
#	The format of the \fBcanonical\fR table is as follows:
# .IP "\fIpattern result\fR"
#	When \fIpattern\fR matches a mail address, replace it by the
#	corresponding \fIresult\fR.
# .IP "blank lines and comments"
#	Empty lines and whitespace-only lines are ignored, as
#	are lines whose first non-whitespace character is a `#'.
# .IP "multi-line text"
#	A logical line starts with non-whitespace text. A line that
#	starts with whitespace continues a logical line.
# .PP
#	With lookups from indexed files such as DB or DBM, or from networked
#	tables such as NIS, LDAP or SQL, patterns are tried in the order as
#	listed below:
# .IP "\fIuser\fR@\fIdomain address\fR"
#	\fIuser\fR@\fIdomain\fR is replaced by \fIaddress\fR. This form
#	has the highest precedence.
#	.sp
#	This is useful to clean up addresses produced by legacy mail systems.
#	It can also be used to produce \fIFirstname.Lastname\fR style
#	addresses, but see below for a simpler solution.
# .IP "\fIuser address\fR"
#	\fIuser\fR@\fIsite\fR is replaced by \fIaddress\fR when \fIsite\fR is
#	equal to $\fBmyorigin\fR, when \fIsite\fR is listed in
#	$\fBmydestination\fR, or when it is listed in $\fBinet_interfaces\fR.
#	.sp
#	This form is useful for replacing login names by
#	\fIFirstname.Lastname\fR.
# .IP "@\fIdomain address\fR"
#	Every address in \fIdomain\fR is replaced by \fIaddress\fR.
#	This form has the lowest precedence.
# .PP
#	In all the above forms, when \fIaddress\fR has the form
#	@\fIotherdomain\fR, the result is the same user in \fIotherdomain\fR.
# ADDRESS EXTENSION
# .fi
# .ad
#	When a mail address localpart contains the optional recipient delimiter
#	(e.g., \fIuser+foo\fR@\fIdomain\fR), the lookup order becomes:
#	\fIuser+foo\fR@\fIdomain\fR, \fIuser\fR@\fIdomain\fR, \fIuser+foo\fR,
#	\fIuser\fR, and @\fIdomain\fR.  An unmatched address extension
#	(\fI+foo\fR) is propagated to the result of table lookup.
# REGULAR EXPRESSION TABLES
# .ad
# .fi
#	This section describes how the table lookups change when the table
#	is given in the form of regular expressions. For a description of
#	regular expression lookup table syntax, see \fBregexp_table\fR(5)
#	or \fBpcre_table\fR(5).
#
#	Each pattern is a regular expression that is applied to the entire
#	address being looked up. Thus, \fIuser@domain\fR mail addresses are not
#	broken up into their \fIuser\fR and \fI@domain\fR constituent parts,
#	nor is \fIuser+foo\fR broken up into \fIuser\fR and \fIfoo\fR.
#
#	Patterns are applied in the order as specified in the table, until a
#	pattern is found that matches the search string.
#
#	Results are the same as with indexed file lookups, with
#	the additional feature that parenthesized substrings from the
#	pattern can be interpolated as \fB$1\fR, \fB$2\fR and so on.
# BUGS
#	The table format does not understand quoting conventions.
# CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
# .ad
# .fi
#	The following \fBmain.cf\fR parameters are especially relevant to
#	this topic. See the Postfix \fBmain.cf\fR file for syntax details
#	and for default values. Use the \fBpostfix reload\fR command after
#	a configuration change.
# .IP \fBcanonical_maps\fR
#	List of canonical mapping tables.
# .IP \fBrecipient_canonical_maps\fR
#	Address mapping lookup table for envelope and header recipient
#	addresses.
# .IP \fBsender_canonical_maps\fR
#	Address mapping lookup table for envelope and header sender
#	addresses.
# .PP
#	Other parameters of interest:
# .IP \fBinet_interfaces\fR
#	The network interface addresses that this system receives mail on.
#	You need to stop and start Postfix when this parameter changes.
# .IP \fBmasquerade_classes\fR
#	List of address classes subject to masquerading: zero or more of
#	\fBenvelope_sender\fR, \fBenvelope_recipient\fR, \fBheader_sender\fR, 
#	\fBheader_recipient\fR.
# .IP \fBmasquerade_domains\fR
#	List of domains that hide their subdomain structure.
# .IP \fBmasquerade_exceptions\fR
#	List of user names that are not subject to address masquerading.
# .IP \fBmydestination\fR
#	List of domains that this mail system considers local.
# .IP \fBmyorigin\fR
#	The domain that is appended to locally-posted mail.
# .IP \fBowner_request_special\fR
#	Give special treatment to \fBowner-\fIxxx\fR and \fIxxx\fB-request\fR
#	addresses.
# SEE ALSO
#	cleanup(8) canonicalize and enqueue mail
#	postmap(1) create mapping table
#	virtual(5) virtual domain mapping
#	pcre_table(5) format of PCRE tables
#	regexp_table(5) format of POSIX regular expression tables
# LICENSE
# .ad
# .fi
#	The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
# AUTHOR(S)
#	Wietse Venema
#	IBM T.J. Watson Research
#	P.O. Box 704
#	Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
#--

# By default, this file is not used.  See sample-canonical.cf
