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diff --git a/html/postdrop.1.html b/html/postdrop.1.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce25bfb --- /dev/null +++ b/html/postdrop.1.html @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +<!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=utf-8"> +<title> Postfix manual - postdrop(1) </title> +</head> <body> <pre> +POSTDROP(1) POSTDROP(1) + +<b>NAME</b> + postdrop - Postfix mail posting utility + +<b>SYNOPSIS</b> + <b>postdrop</b> [<b>-rv</b>] [<b>-c</b> <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i>] + +<b>DESCRIPTION</b> + The <a href="postdrop.1.html"><b>postdrop</b>(1)</a> command creates a file in the <b>maildrop</b> directory and + copies its standard input to the file. + + Options: + + <b>-c</b> <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i> + The <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> configuration file is in the named directory instead + of the default configuration directory. See also the MAIL_CONFIG + environment setting below. + + <b>-r</b> 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. + + <b>-v</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple <b>-v</b> + options make the software increasingly verbose. As of Postfix + 2.3, this option is available for the super-user only. + +<b>SECURITY</b> + The command is designed to run with set-group ID privileges, so that it + can write to the <b>maildrop</b> queue directory and so that it can connect to + Postfix daemon processes. + +<b>DIAGNOSTICS</b> + Fatal errors: malformed input, I/O error, out of memory. Problems are + logged to <b>syslogd</b>(8) or <a href="postlogd.8.html"><b>postlogd</b>(8)</a> 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. + +<b>ENVIRONMENT</b> + MAIL_CONFIG + Directory with the <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> file. In order to avoid exploitation + of set-group ID privileges, a non-standard directory is allowed + only if: + + <b>o</b> The name is listed in the standard <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> file with the + <b><a href="postconf.5.html#alternate_config_directories">alternate_config_directories</a></b> configuration parameter. + + <b>o</b> The command is invoked by the super-user. + +<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#alternate_config_directories">alternate_config_directories</a> (empty)</b> + A list of non-default Postfix configuration directories that may + be specified with "-c <a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a>" on the command line (in + the case of <a href="sendmail.1.html"><b>sendmail</b>(1)</a>, with the "-C" option), or via the + MAIL_CONFIG environment parameter. + + <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#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><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_facility">syslog_facility</a> (mail)</b> + The syslog facility of Postfix logging. + + <b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_name">syslog_name</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> + A prefix that is prepended to the process name in syslog + records, so that, for example, "smtpd" becomes "prefix/smtpd". + + <b><a href="postconf.5.html#trigger_timeout">trigger_timeout</a> (10s)</b> + The time limit for sending a trigger to a Postfix daemon (for + example, the <a href="pickup.8.html"><b>pickup</b>(8)</a> or <a href="qmgr.8.html"><b>qmgr</b>(8)</a> daemon). + + Available in Postfix version 2.2 and later: + + <b><a href="postconf.5.html#authorized_submit_users">authorized_submit_users</a> (<a href="DATABASE_README.html#types">static</a>:anyone)</b> + List of users who are authorized to submit mail with the <a href="sendmail.1.html"><b>send-</b></a> + <a href="sendmail.1.html"><b>mail</b>(1)</a> command (and with the privileged <a href="postdrop.1.html"><b>postdrop</b>(1)</a> helper com- + mand). + + Available in Postfix version 3.6 and later: + + <b><a href="postconf.5.html#local_login_sender_maps">local_login_sender_maps</a> (<a href="DATABASE_README.html#types">static</a>:*)</b> + 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. + + <b><a href="postconf.5.html#empty_address_local_login_sender_maps_lookup_key">empty_address_local_login_sender_maps_lookup_key</a> (</b><><b>)</b> + The lookup key to be used in <a href="postconf.5.html#local_login_sender_maps">local_login_sender_maps</a> tables, + instead of the null sender address. + + <b><a href="postconf.5.html#recipient_delimiter">recipient_delimiter</a> (empty)</b> + The set of characters that can separate an email address local- + part, user name, or a .forward file name from its extension. + +<b>FILES</b> + /var/spool/postfix/<a href="QSHAPE_README.html#maildrop_queue">maildrop</a>, <a href="QSHAPE_README.html#maildrop_queue">maildrop queue</a> + +<b>SEE ALSO</b> + <a href="sendmail.1.html">sendmail(1)</a>, compatibility interface + <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, configuration parameters + <a href="postlogd.8.html">postlogd(8)</a>, Postfix logging + syslogd(8), system logging + +<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 + + POSTDROP(1) +</pre> </body> </html> |