From 9bd8174bf4bb51ca1f5581028ec826a0b25219ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: missytake Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:52:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add diagram for delivering to external address --- doc/source/overview.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/source/overview.rst b/doc/source/overview.rst index 19e81b53..32f5df9f 100644 --- a/doc/source/overview.rst +++ b/doc/source/overview.rst @@ -203,6 +203,25 @@ Message between users on the same relay dovecot --> recipient; dovecot --> sender's_other_devices; +Message to an external address +------------------------------ + +.. mermaid:: + :caption: This diagram shows the path a federated message takes. + + graph LR; + sender --> |465|smtps/smtpd; + sender --> |587|submission/smtpd; + smtps/smtpd --> |10080|filtermail; + submission/smtpd --> |10080|filtermail; + filtermail --> |10025|smtpd_reinject; + smtpd_reinject --> cleanup; + cleanup --> qmgr; + qmgr --> external_smtp_server; + qmgr --> |lmtp|dovecot; + external_smtp_server --> recipient; + dovecot --> senders_other_devices; + Operational details of a chatmail relay ----------------------------------------