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.TH POSTKICK 1
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.SH NAME
postkick
\-
kick a Postfix service
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBpostkick\fR [\fB\-c \fIconfig_dir\fR] [\fB\-v\fR]
\fIclass service request\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fBpostkick\fR(1) command sends \fIrequest\fR to the
specified \fIservice\fR over a local transport channel.
This command makes Postfix private IPC accessible
for use in, for example, shell scripts.
Options:
.IP "\fB\-c\fR \fIconfig_dir\fR"
Read the \fBmain.cf\fR configuration file in the named directory
instead of the default configuration directory.
.IP \fB\-v\fR
Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple \fB\-v\fR
options make the software increasingly verbose.
.PP
Arguments:
.IP \fIclass\fR
Name of a class of local transport channel endpoints,
either \fBpublic\fR (accessible by any local user) or
\fBprivate\fR (administrative access only).
.IP \fIservice\fR
The name of a local transport endpoint within the named class.
.IP \fIrequest\fR
A string. The list of valid requests is service\-specific.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error
stream.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
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.IP \fBMAIL_CONFIG\fR
Directory with Postfix configuration files.
.IP \fBMAIL_VERBOSE\fR
Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes.
.SH "CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS"
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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 "\fBconfig_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR"
The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf
configuration files.
.IP "\fBapplication_event_drain_time (100s)\fR"
How long the \fBpostkick\fR(1) command waits for a request to enter the
Postfix daemon process input buffer before giving up.
.IP "\fBimport_environment (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR"
The list of environment variables 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.
.SH "FILES"
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/var/spool/postfix/private, private class endpoints
/var/spool/postfix/public, public class endpoints
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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qmgr(8), queue manager trigger protocol
pickup(8), local pickup daemon
postconf(5), configuration parameters
.SH "LICENSE"
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The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
.SH "AUTHOR(S)"
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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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