POSTKICK(1)						      General Commands Manual						       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 post-
       conf(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

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