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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  variables  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

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