POSTKICK(1)
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 server's 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