postkick (1)

Contents

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
DIAGNOSTICS
ENVIRONMENT
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
FILES
SEE ALSO
LICENSE
AUTHOR(S)

NAME

postkick - kick a Postfix service

SYNOPSIS



postkick [-c config_dir] [-v]
class service request


DESCRIPTION




The postkick(1) command sends request to the
specified service over a local transport channel.
This command makes Postfix private IPC accessible
for use in, for example, shell scripts.


Options:



-c config_dir

Read the main.cf configuration file in the named directory
instead of the default configuration directory.

-v

Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple -v
options make the software increasingly verbose.





Arguments:



class

Name of a class of local transport channel endpoints,
either public (accessible by any local user) or
private (administrative access only).

service

The name of a local transport endpoint within the named class.

request

A string. The list of valid requests is service-specific.




DIAGNOSTICS




Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error
stream.


ENVIRONMENT









MAIL_CONFIG

Directory with Postfix configuration files.

MAIL_VERBOSE

Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes.




CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS






The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant to
this program.
The text below provides only a parameter summary. See
postconf(5) for more details including examples.



config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)

The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf
configuration files.

application_event_drain_time (100s)

How long the postkick(1) command waits for a request to enter the
Postfix daemon process input buffer before giving up.

queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)

The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.




FILES




/var/spool/postfix/private, private class endpoints
/var/spool/postfix/public, public class endpoints



SEE ALSO




qmgr(8), queue manager trigger protocol
pickup(8), local pickup daemon
postconf(5), configuration parameters



LICENSE






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