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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 16:18:56 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 16:18:56 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 3.7.10.upstream/3.7.10
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diff --git a/man/man1/postdrop.1 b/man/man1/postdrop.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..23d6012 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/postdrop.1 @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ +.TH POSTDROP 1 +.ad +.fi +.SH NAME +postdrop +\- +Postfix mail posting utility +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.na +.nf +\fBpostdrop\fR [\fB\-rv\fR] [\fB\-c \fIconfig_dir\fR] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.ad +.fi +The \fBpostdrop\fR(1) command creates a file in the \fBmaildrop\fR +directory and copies its standard input to the file. + +Options: +.IP "\fB\-c \fIconfig_dir\fR" +The \fBmain.cf\fR configuration file is in the named directory +instead of the default configuration directory. See also the +MAIL_CONFIG environment setting below. +.IP \fB\-r\fR +Use a Postfix\-internal protocol for reading the message from +standard input, and for reporting status information on standard +output. This is currently the only supported method. +.IP \fB\-v\fR +Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple \fB\-v\fR +options make the software increasingly verbose. As of Postfix 2.3, +this option is available for the super\-user only. +.SH "SECURITY" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +The command is designed to run with set\-group ID privileges, so +that it can write to the \fBmaildrop\fR queue directory and so that +it can connect to Postfix daemon processes. +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +.ad +.fi +Fatal errors: malformed input, I/O error, out of memory. Problems +are logged to \fBsyslogd\fR(8) or \fBpostlogd\fR(8) and to +the standard error stream. +When the input is incomplete, or when the process receives a HUP, +INT, QUIT or TERM signal, the queue file is deleted. +.SH "ENVIRONMENT" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +.IP MAIL_CONFIG +Directory with the \fBmain.cf\fR file. In order to avoid exploitation +of set\-group ID privileges, a non\-standard directory is allowed only +if: +.RS +.IP \(bu +The name is listed in the standard \fBmain.cf\fR file with the +\fBalternate_config_directories\fR configuration parameter. +.IP \(bu +The command is invoked by the super\-user. +.RE +.SH "CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +The following \fBmain.cf\fR parameters are especially relevant to +this program. +The text below provides only a parameter summary. See +\fBpostconf\fR(5) for more details including examples. +.IP "\fBalternate_config_directories (empty)\fR" +A list of non\-default Postfix configuration directories that may +be specified with "\-c config_directory" on the command line (in the +case of \fBsendmail\fR(1), with the "\-C" option), or via the MAIL_CONFIG +environment parameter. +.IP "\fBconfig_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR" +The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf +configuration files. +.IP "\fBimport_environment (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR" +The list of environment parameters that a privileged Postfix +process will import from a non\-Postfix parent process, or name=value +environment overrides. +.IP "\fBqueue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR" +The location of the Postfix top\-level queue directory. +.IP "\fBsyslog_facility (mail)\fR" +The syslog facility of Postfix logging. +.IP "\fBsyslog_name (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR" +A prefix that is prepended to the process name in syslog +records, so that, for example, "smtpd" becomes "prefix/smtpd". +.IP "\fBtrigger_timeout (10s)\fR" +The time limit for sending a trigger to a Postfix daemon (for +example, the \fBpickup\fR(8) or \fBqmgr\fR(8) daemon). +.PP +Available in Postfix version 2.2 and later: +.IP "\fBauthorized_submit_users (static:anyone)\fR" +List of users who are authorized to submit mail with the \fBsendmail\fR(1) +command (and with the privileged \fBpostdrop\fR(1) helper command). +.PP +Available in Postfix version 3.6 and later: +.IP "\fBlocal_login_sender_maps (static:*)\fR" +A list of lookup tables that are searched by the UNIX login name, +and that return a list of allowed envelope sender patterns separated +by space or comma. +.IP "\fBempty_address_local_login_sender_maps_lookup_key (<>)\fR" +The lookup key to be used in local_login_sender_maps tables, instead +of the null sender address. +.IP "\fBrecipient_delimiter (empty)\fR" +The set of characters that can separate an email address +localpart, user name, or a .forward file name from its extension. +.SH "FILES" +.na +.nf +/var/spool/postfix/maildrop, maildrop queue +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.na +.nf +sendmail(1), compatibility interface +postconf(5), configuration parameters +postlogd(8), Postfix logging +syslogd(8), system logging +.SH "LICENSE" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. +.SH "AUTHOR(S)" +.na +.nf +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 |