<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <title> Postfix manual - postkick(1) </title> </head> <body> <pre> POSTKICK(1) POSTKICK(1) <b>NAME</b> postkick - kick a Postfix service <b>SYNOPSIS</b> <b>postkick</b> [<b>-c</b> <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i>] [<b>-v</b>] <i>class service request</i> <b>DESCRIPTION</b> The <a href="postkick.1.html"><b>postkick</b>(1)</a> command sends <i>request</i> to the specified <i>service</i> over a local transport channel. This command makes Postfix private IPC acces- sible for use in, for example, shell scripts. Options: <b>-c</b> <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i> Read the <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> configuration file in the named directory instead of the default configuration directory. <b>-v</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple <b>-v</b> options make the software increasingly verbose. Arguments: <i>class</i> Name of a class of local transport channel endpoints, either <b>public</b> (accessible by any local user) or <b>private</b> (administrative access only). <i>service</i> The name of a local transport endpoint within the named class. <i>request</i> A string. The list of valid requests is service-specific. <b>DIAGNOSTICS</b> Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error stream. <b>ENVIRONMENT</b> <b>MAIL_CONFIG</b> Directory with Postfix configuration files. <b>MAIL_VERBOSE</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. <b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</b> The following <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> parameters are especially relevant to this pro- gram. The text below provides only a parameter summary. See <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>post-</b></a> <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>conf</b>(5)</a> for more details including examples. <b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> The default location of the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> con- figuration files. <b><a href="postconf.5.html#application_event_drain_time">application_event_drain_time</a> (100s)</b> How long the <a href="postkick.1.html"><b>postkick</b>(1)</a> command waits for a request to enter the Postfix daemon process input buffer before giving up. <b><a href="postconf.5.html#import_environment">import_environment</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> The list of environment parameters that a privileged Postfix process will import from a non-Postfix parent process, or name=value environment overrides. <b><a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory. <b>FILES</b> /var/spool/postfix/private, private class endpoints /var/spool/postfix/public, public class endpoints <b>SEE ALSO</b> <a href="qmgr.8.html">qmgr(8)</a>, queue manager trigger protocol <a href="pickup.8.html">pickup(8)</a>, local pickup daemon <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, configuration parameters <b>LICENSE</b> The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. <b>AUTHOR(S)</b> Wietse Venema IBM T.J. Watson Research P.O. Box 704 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA Wietse Venema Google, Inc. 111 8th Avenue New York, NY 10011, USA POSTKICK(1) </pre> </body> </html>