postlog(1)

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NAME

6       postlog - Postfix-compatible logging utility
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SYNOPSIS

9       postlog [-iv] [-c config_dir] [-p priority] [-t tag] [text...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  postlog(1)  command implements a Postfix-compatible logging inter‐
13       face for use in, for example, shell scripts.
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15       By default, postlog(1) logs the text given on the command line  as  one
16       record.  If  no text is specified on the command line, postlog(1) reads
17       from standard input and logs each input line as one record.
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19       By default, logging is sent to  syslogd(8)  or  postlogd(8);  when  the
20       standard error stream is connected to a terminal, logging is sent there
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23       The following options are implemented:
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25       -c config_dir
26              Read the main.cf  configuration  file  in  the  named  directory
27              instead of the default configuration directory.
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29       -i (obsolete)
30              Include  the process ID in the logging tag. This flag is ignored
31              as of Postfix 3.4, where the PID is always included.
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33       -p priority (default: info)
34              Specifies the logging severity: info,  warn,  error,  fatal,  or
35              panic.  With Postfix 3.1 and later, the program will pause for 1
36              second after reporting a fatal or  panic  condition,  just  like
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39       -t tag Specifies  the  logging  tag, that is, the identifying name that
40              appears at the beginning of each logging record. A  default  tag
41              is used when none is specified.
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43       -v     Enable  verbose  logging  for  debugging  purposes.  Multiple -v
44              options make the software increasingly verbose.
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ENVIRONMENT

47       MAIL_CONFIG
48              Directory with the main.cf file.
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CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

51       The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant to  this  pro‐
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54       The  text  below provides only a parameter summary. See postconf(5) for
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57       config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
58              The default location of the Postfix main.cf and  master.cf  con‐
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61       import_environment (see 'postconf -d' output)
62              The  list  of  environment  parameters that a privileged Postfix
63              process will  import  from  a  non-Postfix  parent  process,  or
64              name=value environment overrides.
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66       syslog_facility (mail)
67              The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
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69       syslog_name (see 'postconf -d' output)
70              A  prefix  that  is  prepended  to  the  process  name in syslog
71              records, so that, for example, "smtpd" becomes "prefix/smtpd".
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75       maillog_file (empty)
76              The name of an optional logfile that is written by  the  Postfix
77              postlogd(8) service.
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80              The name of the postlogd(8) service entry in master.cf.
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LICENSE

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

91       Wietse Venema
92       IBM T.J. Watson Research
93       P.O. Box 704
94       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
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96       Wietse Venema
97       Google, Inc.
98       111 8th Avenue
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