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Pulled out of #673

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Check out the page preview at https://staging.chatmail.at/doc/relay/678/

@missytake missytake changed the title WIP: docs: document which services are involved in delivering an internal msg docs: document which services are involved in delivering an internal msg Nov 13, 2025
cleanup --> qmgr;
qmgr --> smtpd_accepts_message;
qmgr --> |lmtp|dovecot;
dovecot --> recipient;
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for in-relay messages there is no filtermail-incoming?

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No, that is only invoked by the smtpd which is running on port 25. filtermail-outgoing ensures that internal messages are encrypted.

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looks good .. if there indeed is no filtermail-incoming involved for in-relay delivery it would be good, and this PR fine to merge.

qmgr --> smtpd_accepts_message;
qmgr --> |lmtp|dovecot;
dovecot --> recipient;
dovecot --> senders_other_devices;
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what is "senders_other_devices"? Shouldn't this be "other recipients" ?

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The other devices of the sender get the message from dovecot. I added an apostrophe to make it clearer.

@missytake missytake merged commit 514a911 into main Nov 13, 2025
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@missytake missytake deleted the docs-internal-msg branch November 13, 2025 20:02
missytake added a commit that referenced this pull request Nov 13, 2025
…msg (#678)

* doc: add diagram for internal message

* doc: apostrophe for clarity
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