POSTKICK(1)                                                        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 exam-
       ple, 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. Mul-
              tiple  -v  options  make  the software increasingly
              verbose.

       Arguments:

       class  Name of a class of  local  transport  channel  end-
              points,  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 exam-
       ples.

       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 direc-
              tory.

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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