1POSTDROP(1)                 General Commands Manual                POSTDROP(1)
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NAME

6       postdrop - Postfix mail posting utility
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SYNOPSIS

9       postdrop [-rv] [-c config_dir]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  postdrop(1)  command  creates a file in the maildrop directory and
13       copies its standard input to the file.
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15       Options:
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17       -c config_dir
18              The main.cf configuration file is in the named directory instead
19              of the default configuration directory. See also the MAIL_CONFIG
20              environment setting below.
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22       -r     Use a Postfix-internal protocol for  reading  the  message  from
23              standard input, and for reporting status information on standard
24              output. This is currently the only supported method.
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26       -v     Enable verbose  logging  for  debugging  purposes.  Multiple  -v
27              options  make  the  software increasingly verbose. As of Postfix
28              2.3, this option is available for the super-user only.
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SECURITY

31       The command is designed to run with set-group ID privileges, so that it
32       can write to the maildrop queue directory and so that it can connect to
33       Postfix daemon processes.
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DIAGNOSTICS

36       Fatal errors: malformed input, I/O error, out of memory.  Problems  are
37       logged  to syslogd(8) and to the standard error stream.  When the input
38       is incomplete, or when the process receives a HUP, INT,  QUIT  or  TERM
39       signal, the queue file is deleted.
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ENVIRONMENT

42       MAIL_CONFIG
43              Directory  with the main.cf file. In order to avoid exploitation
44              of set-group ID privileges, a non-standard directory is  allowed
45              only if:
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47              ·      The  name is listed in the standard main.cf file with the
48                     alternate_config_directories configuration parameter.
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50              ·      The command is invoked by the super-user.
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CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

53       The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant to  this  pro‐
54       gram.   The  text  below  provides  only a parameter summary. See post‐
55       conf(5) for more details including examples.
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57       alternate_config_directories (empty)
58              A list of non-default Postfix configuration directories that may
59              be  specified with "-c config_directory" on the command line, or
60              via the MAIL_CONFIG environment parameter.
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62       config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
63              The default location of the Postfix main.cf and  master.cf  con‐
64              figuration files.
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66       import_environment (see 'postconf -d' output)
67              The  list  of environment parameters that a Postfix process will
68              import from a non-Postfix parent process.
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70       queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
71              The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.
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73       syslog_facility (mail)
74              The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
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76       syslog_name (see 'postconf -d' output)
77              The mail system name that is prepended to the  process  name  in
78              syslog  records,  so  that  "smtpd" becomes, for example, "post‐
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81       trigger_timeout (10s)
82              The time limit for sending a trigger to a  Postfix  daemon  (for
83              example, the pickup(8) or qmgr(8) daemon).
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85       Available in Postfix version 2.2 and later:
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87       authorized_submit_users (static:anyone)
88              List  of  users who are authorized to submit mail with the send‐
89              mail(1) command (and with the privileged postdrop(1) helper com‐
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FILES

93       /var/spool/postfix/maildrop, maildrop queue
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SEE ALSO

96       sendmail(1), compatibility interface
97       postconf(5), configuration parameters
98       syslogd(8), system logging
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LICENSE

101       The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
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AUTHOR(S)

104       Wietse Venema
105       IBM T.J. Watson Research
106       P.O. Box 704
107       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
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