I updated the inet_interfaces documentation anmd clarified its
relationship with smtp_bind*_address and system-chosen source IP
addresses.

        Wietse

   When smtp_bind_address and/or smtp_bind_address6 are not specified, the
   inet_interfaces setting may constrain the source IP  address  for  out-
   bound  connections over IPv4 and/or IPv6. Support for IPv6 is available
   in Postfix version 2.2 and later.

   o      When inet_interfaces specifies one IPv4 address, and that is not
          a  loopback  address,  the  Postfix SMTP client uses that as the
          source address for outbound IPv4 connections.

   o      Otherwise, the Postfix SMTP client does not constrain the source
          IPv4  address,  and  connects  using a system-chosen source IPv4
          address. This includes the cases where inet_interfaces specifies
          all,  or no IPv4 address, or one IPv4 address that is a loopback
          address, or multiple IPv4 addresses.

   o      The same reasoning as above applies to IPv6.

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