.TH POSTKICK 1 .ad .fi .SH NAME postkick \- kick a Postfix service .SH SYNOPSIS .na .nf .fi \fBpostkick\fR [\fB-c \fIconfig_dir\fR] [\fB-v\fR] \fIclass service request\fR .SH DESCRIPTION .ad .fi The \fBpostkick\fR 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 .ad .fi Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error stream. .SH ENVIRONMENT .na .nf .ad .fi .IP \fBMAIL_CONFIG\fR Directory with Postfix configuration files. .IP \fBMAIL_VERBOSE\fR Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. .SH CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS .na .nf .ad .fi The following \fBmain.cf\fR parameters are especially relevant to this program. See the Postfix \fBmain.cf\fR file for syntax details and for default values. .IP \fBqueue_directory\fR Location of the Postfix queue, and of the local IPC communication endpoints. .SH SEE ALSO .na .nf qmgr(8) queue manager trigger protocol pickup(8) local pickup daemon .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