Base Configuration
The main.cf file stores site specific Postfix configuration parameters while master.cf defines daemon processes. The Postfix Basic Configuration tutorial covers the core settings that each site needs to consider.
The Postfix Standard Configuration Examples document discusses configuration settings for a few common environments.
The Postfix Address Rewriting document covers address rewriting and mail routing. The full documentation collection is at Postfix Documentation
More complex Postfix implementations include integration with (for example) SpamAssassin and support for multiple (virtual) domain names, where data in databases such as MySQL can drive complex configurations.
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