<html> <head> </head> <body> <pre> POSTKICK(1) POSTKICK(1) <b>NAME</b> postkick - kick a Postfix service <b>SYNOPSIS</b> <b>postkick</b> [<b>-c</b> <i>config_dir</i>] [<b>-v</b>] <i>class</i> <i>service</i> <i>request</i> <b>DESCRIPTION</b> The <b>postkick</b> command sends <i>request</i> to the specified <i>ser-</i> <i>vice</i> over a local transport channel. This command makes Postfix private IPC accessible for use in, for example, shell scripts. Options: <b>-c</b> <i>config_dir</i> Read the <b>main.cf</b> configuration file in the named directory instead of the default configuration directory. <b>-v</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Mul- tiple <b>-v</b> options make the software increasingly verbose. Arguments: <i>class</i> Name of a class of local transport channel end- points, 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</b><i>_</i><b>CONFIG</b> Directory with Postfix configuration files. <b>MAIL</b><i>_</i><b>VERBOSE</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. <b>CONFIGURATION</b> <b>PARAMETERS</b> The following <b>main.cf</b> parameters are especially relevant to this program. See the Postfix <b>main.cf</b> file for syntax details and for default values. <b>queue</b><i>_</i><b>directory</b> Location of the Postfix queue, and of the local IPC communication endpoints. <b>SEE</b> <b>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 <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 1 </pre> </body> </html>