1POSTKICK(1)                 General Commands Manual                POSTKICK(1)
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NAME

6       postkick - kick a Postfix service
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SYNOPSIS

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

12       The  postkick(1)  command sends request to the specified service over a
13       local transport channel.  This command makes Postfix private IPC acces‐
14       sible for use in, for example, shell scripts.
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18       -c config_dir
19              Read  the  main.cf  configuration  file  in  the named directory
20              instead of the default configuration directory.
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22       -v     Enable verbose  logging  for  debugging  purposes.  Multiple  -v
23              options make the software increasingly verbose.
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25       Arguments:
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27       class  Name  of  a  class  of local transport channel endpoints, either
28              public (accessible by any local user) or private (administrative
29              access only).
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32              The name of a local transport endpoint within the named class.
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35              A string. The list of valid requests is service-specific.
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DIAGNOSTICS

38       Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error stream.
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ENVIRONMENT

41       MAIL_CONFIG
42              Directory with Postfix configuration files.
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45              Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes.
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CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

48       The  following  main.cf parameters are especially relevant to this pro‐
49       gram.  The text below provides only  a  parameter  summary.  See  post‐
50       conf(5) for more details including examples.
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52       config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
53              The  default  location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf con‐
54              figuration files.
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56       application_event_drain_time (100s)
57              How long the postkick(1) command waits for a  request  to  enter
58              the Postfix daemon process input buffer before giving up.
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60       import_environment (see 'postconf -d' output)
61              The  list  of  environment  parameters that a privileged Postfix
62              process will  import  from  a  non-Postfix  parent  process,  or
63              name=value environment overrides.
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65       queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
66              The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.
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FILES

69       /var/spool/postfix/private, private class endpoints
70       /var/spool/postfix/public, public class endpoints
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SEE ALSO

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

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

81       Wietse Venema
82       IBM T.J. Watson Research
83       P.O. Box 704
84       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
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86       Wietse Venema
87       Google, Inc.
88       111 8th Avenue
89       New York, NY 10011, USA
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